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2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTSDate Opponent Time/ResultNov. 3 UNK (exhibition) [BTN Plus] W, 94-41Nov. 7 Drake [BTN Plus] L, 77-83Nov. 11 USC Upstate [BTN Plus] W, 87-64Nov. 16 at Washington State [WSU] L, 84-87 2OTNov. 23-25 Miami Thanksgiving Classic (Coral Gables, Fla.)Nov. 23 at 24/22 Miami [ACC Network+] L, 68-82Nov. 25 vs. Radford W, 77-39Nov. 29 at 5/4 Louisville (ACC/B1G) [ACC Network+] L, 68-85Dec. 2 at Creighton [Fox Sports Go] L, 65-74Dec. 5 Kansas [BTN Plus] W, 58-52Dec. 8 San Jose State [BTN Plus] W, 96-63Dec. 15 Denver [BTN Plus] W, 96-71Dec. 18 at Arkansas [SEC Network+] L, 80-84Dec. 28 Michigan^ [BTN] W, 70-56Dec. 31 at Ohio State^ [BTN] W, 78-69Jan. 3 at 19/20 Iowa^ [BTN Plus] L, 71-77Jan. 8 9/9 Maryland^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m.Jan. 13 Rutgers^ [BTN] 2 p.m.Jan. 17 at Illinois^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m.Jan. 20 18/20 Minnesota^ [ESPN2] 5 p.m.Jan. 24 Northwestern^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m.Jan. 27 at Wisconsin^ [BTN Plus] 2 p.m.Jan. 31 at Purdue^ [BTN] 7 p.m.Feb. 3 25/RV Indiana^ [BTN Plus] 2 p.m.Feb. 7 at Michigan^ [BTN] 6 p.m.Feb. 10 Purdue^ [BTN Plus] (Play4Kay) 2 p.m.Feb. 14 at 9/9 Maryland^ [BTN] 7 p.m.Feb. 17 23/24 Michigan State^ [BTN] 3 p.m.Feb. 21 at Northwestern^ [BTN Plus] 7 p.m.Feb. 25 17/17 Iowa^ [BTN] (Senior Night) 7:30 p.m.March 2 at Penn State^ [BTN] 2 p.m.March 6-10 at Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis)March 18 NCAA Selection Monday [ESPN2] TBAMarch 22-25 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBAMarch 29- NCAA Regionals TBAApril 1 Albany, Chicago, Greensboro, PortlandApril 5-7 NCAA Women’s Final Four (Tampa, Fla.) TBAAll times listed are Central. Home games in bold at Pinnacle Bank Arena. ^- Denotes Big Ten Conference game. All of Nebraska’s regular-season games can be heard live on the Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and ESPN 590 AM (or CD105.9 FM) in Omaha, and free on Huskers.com. [BTN] - Big Ten Network; [BTN Plus] - Live Video Streams at BTN.com of live BTN and BTN Plus games

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NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERSVS. 9/9 MARYLAND TERRAPINSTuesday, January 8, 2019, 7 p.m. (CT)Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,000) - Lincoln, NebraskaLive Video: BTN PlusLive Radio: Husker Sports Network (6:45 p.m.)Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst)Lincoln-B107.3 FM; Omaha-ESPN 590 AMHuskers.com, Huskers App, TuneIn

NEBRASKA ROSTER & STATISTICSNo. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG3 Hannah Whitish** 5-9 Jr. G 14-13 8.6 2.6 4.0 1.1 0.14 Sam Haiby 5-9 Fr. G 14-0 10.7 3.4 2.8 0.9 0.15 Nicea Eliely** 6-1 Jr. G 14-14 8.6 4.5 2.6 1.4 0.411 Kristian Hudson (out) 5-5 Sr. G 6-1 2.4 1.6 1.1 0.4 0.013 Ashtyn Veerbeek 6-2 Fr. F 14-0 8.0 6.5 0.4 0.4 0.914 Grace Mitchell** 6-2 Jr. F 12-0 1.3 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.224 Maddie Simon*** 6-2 Sr. F 14-14 8.6 4.1 1.4 0.5 0.131 Kate Cain* 6-5 So. C 14-14 7.8 6.4 1.0 0.5 2.532 Leigha Brown 6-1 Fr. F 14-0 10.4 2.3 1.3 0.7 0.033 Taylor Kissinger* 6-1 So. G/F 14-14 9.4 3.9 1.9 0.9 0.144 Kayla Mershon 6-3 Fr. F 14-0 2.4 2.5 0.7 0.4 0.3

HUSKERS SHOOT FOR UPSET OF TOP 10 TERRAPINS • The Nebraska women’s basketball team returns to Pinnacle Bank Arena on Tuesday to take on No. 9 Maryland in a key Big Ten battle. • Tip off between Nebraska (7-7, 2-1 Big Ten) and the Terrapins (13-1, 2-1 Big Ten) is set for 7 p.m. (CT) in Lincoln. Live radio coverage (beginning at 6:45 p.m.) can be heard in Lincoln on B107.3 FM, in Omaha, ESPN 590 AM, and in Lexington on 880 AM KRVN, and across the state on Husker Sports Network stations. Free live audio can also be found at Huskers.com, the Huskers App and TuneIn. • A live video stream will be provided to BTN Plus subscribers. • The Huskers enter Tuesday’s game looking to rebound from a hard-fought 77-71 loss at No. 19 Iowa last Thursday in Iowa City. Freshman Leigha Brown led the Huskers in scoring for the second straight game by putting up a career-high 20 points off the bench for the Big Red. • In conference games, Brown, who was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 7), owns the highest scoring average by any Big Ten freshman (16.7 ppg). The 6-1 wing from Auburn, Indiana is averaging 10.4 points per game for an extremely balanced Nebraska offense. • However, Brown is not the top freshman scorer for the Huskers on the season. That honor belongs to Sam Haiby. The 5-9 guard from Moorhead, Minn., is averaging a team-best 10.7 points per game off the bench. She is averaging 9.7 points per game in Big Ten play to rank sixth among Big Ten freshmen in league play. •Tuesday’sgamewillfeaturefiveoftheBigTen’stop-11scoringfreshmenoverallontheseason,including Maryland’s Taylor Mikesell (1st, 14.7 ppg) and Shakira Austin (8th, 9.0 ppg), along with Nebraska’s Sam Haiby (6th, 10.7 ppg), Leigha Brown (7th, 10.4 ppg) and Ashtyn Veerbeek (11th, 8.0 ppg). Maryland’s Austin (1st, 11.1 rpg) and Nebraska’s Veerbeek (4th, 6.5 rpg) are among the Big Ten’s top freshman rebounders and both currently lead their teams on the glass. • Nebraska features one of the Big Ten’s most balanced lineups with eight players averaging 7.8 or morepointspergameandnineactiveplayersaveragingdouble-figureminutes.ReturningNebraskastarters Maddie Simon, Nicea Eliely and Hannah Whitish are all averaging 8.6 points per game. •Marylandis ledbyunanimousfirst-teamAll-BigTenselectionKailaCharles,whoisaveraginga team-best 16.8 points per game, including 20.7 points in Big Ten play. The Terps have featured a seven-player rotation early in conference play. • Tuesday’s game will also showcase two of the Big Ten’s most accurate and active three-point shooters in NU’s Taylor Kissinger (1st, .477, 31-65) and Maryland’s Taylor Mikesell (3rd, .413, 43-104). Mikesell leads the Big Ten in threes per game (3.0), while Kissinger ranks fourth (2.2 pg).

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SCOUTING THE MARYLAND TERRAPINS • Coach Brenda Frese brings her Maryland Terrapins to Lincoln ranked among the top 10 teams in the nation with a 13-1 overall record and a 2-1 Big Ten mark. Frese will take aim at her 500th career win in her 20th season as a college head coach. • In her 17 seasons at Maryland, Frese has led the Terps to the 2006 NCAA title, three NCAA Final Fourappearancesand14NCAATournamentbids.Lastyear,Marylandfinished26-8overalland12-4intheBigTentofinishsecondintheconference.TheTerpslostintheNCAAsecondround. • Maryland went a perfect 11-0 in non-conference play, including top-25 wins at South Carolina (Nov. 18) and over Georgia in Puerto Rico (Nov. 29), but after a Big Ten road-opening win at Penn State (Dec. 28), the Terps suffered a 73-65 home loss to Rutgers on New Year’s Eve. • The Terrapins bounced back with a 75-69 win over Ohio State in College Park, Md., on Jan. 5, before traveling to Lincoln. • Maryland’sstartingfivefeaturesthreeexperiencedjuniorsinKailaCharles(16.8ppg,6.4rpg),Stephanie Jones (13.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg) and Blair Watson (8.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg). Charles and Watson were both McDonald’s High School All-Americans in 2016 and ranked among the top-30 players in the nation. Jones was ranked No. 35 in the country by All-Star Girls Report and No. 51 by ESPN. •Charles,whohasscoredindoublefiguresinallbutonegamealsohasapairofdouble-doublesthisseason.Sheisaveraging20.7pointsinBigTenplay.Charlesearnedfirst-teamAll-BigTenhonorslast season after averaging 17.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game as a sophomore. The 6-1 wing out of Riverdale Baptist School in Maryland, is a Naismith and Wade Trophy candidate this season. She was a Big Ten All-Freshman choice and earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Tournament team in 2016-17. •Watson,a6-0guardoutofNewJersey,hasproduceddoublefiguresfourtimesthisseasonafterreturningfromakneeinjurythatendedhersophomoreseasonforMarylandafterstartingthefirst17games. Watson averaged 13.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.3 steals in 2017-18. • Jones, whose sister Brionna also starred at Maryland (2014-17), is in her second season in the Terp startingfive.Lastseason,sheaveraged10.8pointsand6.5rebounds.The6-2forwardfromHavredeGrace,Md.,ownsapairofdouble-doublesthisseasonandhasscoredindoublefigures11times. • The Terps also showcase a pair of impact freshman starters in guard Taylor Mikesell (14.7 ppg, 3.6 rpg) and 6-5 forward Shakira Austin (9.0 ppg, 11.1 rpg). Austin was a McDonald’s and WBCA All-American who was ranked as the No. 3 overall player in the nation coming out of high school at Riverdale Baptist - the same school as Kaila Charles. Mikesell was an honorable-mention WBCA All-American in high school and ranked as the No. 32 overall player in the country by ESPN. • Austinisafour-timeBigTenFreshmanoftheWeek.Sheownsfivedouble-doubles,including12points, 21 rebounds and seven blocks vs. Coppin State (Nov. 9). She had 17 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks at Delaware (Dec. 20). Austin ranks second in the Big Ten with 41 blocks on the year. She has averaged 3.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 16.7 minutes per game early in Big Ten play. • Mikesell, a 5-11 guard, has proven herself as one of the Big Ten’s best shooters by knocking down 43-of-104 threes (.413) early in the season. She has added 3.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists. •WhileallfiveMarylandstartersrankedamongthetop35playersinthenationcomingoutoftheir respective high school senior classes, the Terps feature even more explosive talent off the bench. Maryland’s lone senior - Brianna Fraser - came out of high school as the No. 12 player in the nation by All-StarGirlsReportandNo.15byESPN.Sheisaveraging8.0pointsand5.4reboundsinjust17.5minutes per game off the bench. She averaged 10.2 points and 5.8 boards off the bench a year ago andhasplayedin113gamesfortheTerpswithjustthreestartsinhercareer. • Channise Lewis, a 5-8 sophomore who started 32 games at point guard last year and added 10 starts ahead of Mikesell early this season, was ranked as the No. 55 player in the nation by ESPN coming out of Miami Country Day High School. She is averaging 3.1 points and a team-best 5.1 assists this season. Lewis had a double-double early this season with 10 points and 12 assists in a win over nationally ranked South Carolina. •As a team,Maryland is averaging77.0pointspergamewhile allowing just 55.4pointspercontest. The Terps own a plus-14.5 team rebound margin, but a minus-0.4 turnover margin. Maryland isshooting46.4percentfromthefield,includinganimpressive35.6percentfromthree-pointrangeand 71.8 percent at the free throw line. • Prior to their 73-65 loss to Rutgers (Dec. 31), the Terps owned a plus-17 rebound margin (48.8-31.8) but were out-rebounded by the Scarlet Knights, 38-28, including 19 offensive boards by Rutgers.

NEBRASKA VS. MARYLAND SERIES HISTORY • Maryland leads the all-time series with Nebraska 9-0, including three wins over the Huskers in 2017-18. • The No. 11 Terrapins defeated the Huskers 64-57 at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Feb. 4, 2018, in a battle of the Big Ten’s top two teams at the time. To that point in the series, it was the closest the Huskers had ever played the Terps. Taylor Kissinger led Nebraska with 18 points on 4-of-8 three-point shooting off the bench, while Kaila Charles led Maryland with 25 points and 16 rebounds. •Threeweekslater,NebraskatookNo.13MarylandtothewireattheXfinityCenterinCollegePark before falling 77-75. The Huskers trailed by 14 points in the third quarter before rallying to take a 75-74 lead with 48 seconds left. Hannah Whitish led Nebraska with 14 points, including four three-pointers. She also got a good look at a three-pointer from the right wing to win in the closing seconds that caught back iron. Kaila Charles led Maryland with 19 points and 11 rebounds. •Oneweeklater,No.17MarylandeliminatedNebraskafromtheBigTenTournamentsemifinalswith a 66-53 win in Indianapolis. Brianna Fraser led Maryland with 18 points off the bench while Kaila Charles added 14 points and seven boards. •Nebraska’sfirstmeetingwithMarylandcameinthe2008NCAATournamentsecondroundinCollege Park - a 76-64 Maryland win. NU is 0-7 against the Terps as Big Ten foes.

NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS(7-7, 2-1 BIG TEN)No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG24 Maddie Simon 6-2 Sr. F 8.6 4.131 Kate Cain 6-5 So. C 7.8 6.43 Hannah Whitish 5-9 Jr. G 8.6 2.65 Nicea Eliely 6-1 Jr. G 8.6 4.533 Taylor Kissinger 6-1 So. G 9.4 3.9Off the Bench4 Sam Haiby 5-9 Fr. G 10.7 3.432 Leigha Brown 6-1 Fr. F 10.4 2.313 Ashtyn Veerbeek 6-2 Fr. F 8.0 6.544 Kayla Mershon 6-3 Fr. F 2.4 2.514 Grace Mitchell 6-2 Jr. F 1.4 1.511(out) Kristian Hudson 5-5 Sr. G 2.4 1.6Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998)Third Season at Nebraska (35-40)12th Season Overall (228-149)

MARYLAND TERRAPINS (9/9)(13-1, 2-1 BIG TEN)No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG24 Stephanie Jones 6-2 Jr. F 13.4 6.41 Shakira Austin 6-5 Fr. F 9.0 11.15 Kaila Charles 6-1 Jr. G/F 16.8 6.411 Taylor Mikesell 5-11 Fr. G 14.7 3.722 Blair Watson 6-0 Jr. G 8.0 3.6Off the Bench34 Brianna Fraser 6-3 Sr. G 8.0 5.43 Channise Lewis 5-8 So. G 3.1 2.232 Sara Vujacic 5-11 Jr. G 2.5 1.335 Olivia Owens 6-4 Fr. C 1.9 1.421 Sarah Myers 6-0 Jr. G 1.4 1.9Head Coach: Brenda Frese (Arizona, 1993)17th Season at Maryland (442-120)20th Season Overall (499-150)

HUSKER NUGGETS• The Husker bench has outscored opponents in each of NU’s 14 games this year, including double-digit advantages in 11 games.• Overall, Nebraska’s bench has outscored opposition benches 457-205 (32.6-14.6 ppg) for a plus-18.0 margin.• Nebraska is the only team in the Big Ten with two players off the bench (Sam Haiby, 10.7 ppg; Leigha Brown, 10.4 ppg) as its top two scorers.• Nebraska is also the only team in the Big Ten with two freshmen as the team’s top two scorers.• Nebraska’s bench outscored the opposition 149-53 over the final four non-conference games, including a season-high 45 points at Arkansas. NU’s bench posted a season-best scoring differential (+37) in its last non-conference home game by outscoring Denver’s bench, 40-3. • Nebraska’s bench has scored 40 or more points four times, including 45 at Arkansas, 42 points against San Jose State, 41 points against Drake and 40 against Denver.• In Nebraska’s Big Ten-opening win over Michigan (Dec. 28), the Husker bench outscored the Wolverine bench 28-10, including 14-0 in the fourth quarter.• In a 78-69 win at Ohio State, the Husker bench outscored Buckeye reserves, 35-24.• In a loss at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. 3), Nebraska’s bench outscored the Hawkeye bench, 28-11, giving Nebraska a 91-45 edge (30.3-15.0, +15.3 ppg) advantage off the bench in Big Ten play.• Nebraska has outscored each of its three Big Ten foes in the fourth quarter by a combined 82-47 (+11.7 per quarter), including 33-13 vs. Michigan.• Freshman Sam Haiby led Nebraska with 13 points in a season-opening loss to Drake (Nov. 7). Haiby is the first Husker freshman to lead NU in scoring in an opener since Kelsey Griffin’s 18 in a loss to South Dakota State (Nov. 19, 2005). • At least one Nebraska freshman has led the Huskers in scoring in nine of 14 games this season (Haiby-5; Brown-4; Veerbeek-1).

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HUSKER PRONUNCIATION GUIDELeigha Brown .......................................... LEE-uhNicea Eliely ............................NY-see-uh E-ly-leeSam Haiby ...............................................HY-beeTaylor Kissinger ..................................KISS-in-jurKayla Mershon ...............................MERR-shawnAshtyn Veerbeek ................................Verr-BEEKHannah Whitish ..................................WHITE-ish

HUSKER HOMESThe 11 members of the 2018-19 Husker women's basketball team came to Nebraska from nine states.Alabama (1): Kristian HudsonColorado (1): Nicea ElielyIndiana (1): Leigha BrownIowa (1): Ashtyn VeerbeekKansas (1): Grace MitchellMinnesota (2): Sam Haiby, Kayla MershonNebraska (2): Taylor Kissinger, Maddie SimonNew York (1): Kate CainWisconsin (1): Hannah Whitish

HUSKERS BY CLASSSeniors (2): Kristian Hudson, Maddie SimonJuniors (3): Nicea Eliely, Grace Mitchell Hannah WhitishSophomores (2): Kate Cain, Taylor KissingerFreshmen (4): Leigha Brown, Sam Haiby Kayla Mershon, Ashtyn Veerbeek

HUSKERS BY MAJORApplied Science (Master’s): Kristian HudsonBusiness Administration: Nicea ElielyCommunication Studies: Maddie SimonManagement: Leigha Brown, Kate Cain Ashtyn Veerbeek, Hannah WhitishMarketing: Kayla MershonMathematics Education: Taylor KissingerNutrition & Health Sciences: Grace MitchellUndeclared: Sam Haiby

FRESHMEN CONTRIBUTING EARLY FOR HUSKERS • Nebraska has received production early and often from its 2018-19 freshman class. The four-player class, which was ranked among the top 20 recruiting classes in the nation by ESPN last season, features Sam Haiby (1 0.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.8 apg), Leigha Brown (10.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.3 apg) Ashtyn Veerbeek (8.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg) and Kayla Mershon (2.4 ppg, 2.5 rpg). • Haiby, a 5-9 guard from Moorhead, Minn., leads Nebraska with 10.7 points per game off the bench.ShehasledtheHuskersinscoringinfivegames,includingagainstnationallyrankedDrake(13) and Miami (14), while also scoring a career-high 20 points at Washington State and adding 17 points at Creighton. She also had 16 points to lead the Huskers at Arkansas (Dec. 18). She owns seven double-figurescoringeffortsoverall,including12pointsatNo.5Louisville(Nov.29)and12moreinNebraska’s Big Ten-opening win over Michigan (Dec. 28). • Haiby also ranks second among the Huskers in assists (2.8 apg). • Leigha Brown ranks second overall among the Huskers in scoring with 10.4 points per game after erupting for a career-high 20 points at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. 3). It was her second straight game leading the Huskers, after scoring a then-career-high 19 points at Ohio State (Dec. 31). Brown is leading Nebraska in Big Ten play with 16.7 points per game - the top scoring average by a league freshman inconference-playonly.Brownhad11pointsandacareer-highfivereboundsinawinoverMichigan(Dec. 28). She had 18 points in the win over San Jose State (Dec. 8), before adding 17 points and a career-highfiveassistsinthewinoverDenver(Dec.15).The6-1wingfromAuburn,Indianaownssixdouble-figurescoringeffortsandhasledtheBigRedinscoringfourtimesthisseason. • Ashtyn Veerbeek ranks third among the Husker freshmen in scoring with 8.0 points per game, whileleadingtheteamwith6.5rebounds.Veerbeekproducedherfirstcareerdouble-doublewithcareer highs of 14 points and 14 rebounds in a win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). She matched her careerhighwith14pointsinjust14minutesinthewinoverDenver(Dec.15).Sheadded14pointsfor the third straight game at Arkansas (Dec. 18) for her fourth double-digit scoring effort of the year. She also ranks second among the Huskers with 12 blocks. • Kayla Mershon has pitched in 2.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per game for the Huskers, including a career-high seven rebounds in the win over Kansas (Dec. 5). The 6-3 forward from Chanhassen, Minn., alsohasdishedout10assistsandhascommittedateam-bestfiveturnoversthrough14games.Shehas an assist-to-turnover ratio of 10-to-5 (2-to-1) while adding six steals and four blocks. • Thefreshmenhavecombinedfor40.2percent(432-of-1,075)ofNebraska’spointsinjust35.3percentoftheteam’stotalminutes(1,006-of-2,850)ontheseason.Theyalsohaveaccountedforjust28 percent (62-of-221) of Nebraska’s turnovers. • Nebraska’s four freshmen are combining to average 31.5 points and 14.6 rebounds per game - all off the bench, giving the Huskers one of the deepest and most productive benches in the Big Ten.

WHITISH EARNS PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN HONORS • Nebraska’s Hannah Whitish was named to the 12-player All-Big Ten Team by the conference coaches when the annual preseason honors were announced on Oct. 22. •Whitish,a5-9juniorguardfromBarneveld,Wis.,ledNebraskainscoring(12.6ppg)andassists(4.7 apg) as a sophomore in 2017-18. She owned a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio as Nebraska’s point guardwhilealsorankingamongtheBigTen’sbestthree-pointshooters.Whitishplayedamajorroleinlifting Nebraska to the nation’s top turnaround in the win column last season, as the Huskers recorded 14 more victories (21) in 2017-18 than in 2016-17 (7). She captured second-team All-Big Ten accolades at the end of last season while helping Nebraska to the NCAA Tournament. • Whitish was the lone Husker honored by the league in preseason voting of the conference coaches. • The Big Ten Conference does not rank its team’s No. 1 through No. 14 in preseason voting, instead thecoachesandselectmediamemberseachchoosetheirprojectedtop-threeteamsintheleague.Maryland is the preseason pick of the coaches and the media to win the Big Ten, while Iowa was picked No. 2 by both the coaches and media. The league coaches chose Michigan in the No. 3 spot, while the conference media selected Minnesota. Iowa senior center Megan Gustafson was chosen by the

2018-19 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERSNo. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Other School) Worth Noting 3 Hannah Whitish** G 5-9 Jr. Barneveld, Wis. (Barneveld) Preseason All-Big Ten (2018); career-high 29 pts at Drake (12/9/17) & KU (12/6/17)4 Sam Haiby G 5-9 Fr. Moorhead, Minn. (Moorhead) Top 125 High School Player (2018); Averaging team-best 10.7 ppg off bench5 Nicea Eliely** G/F 6-1 Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart) Nebraska Defensive MVP (2017); Season-high 14 pts vs Michigan & Ohio St.11 Kristian Hudson G 5-5 Sr. Birmingham, Ala. (Clay-Chalkville/FIU) 87 Starts, 1,076 Points, 383 Assists at FIU; Out for 2018-19 season (foot)13 Ashtyn Veerbeek F 6-2 Fr. Sioux Center, Iowa (Western Christian) Top 70 Prospect (2018); Career highs 14 pts, 14 reb vs. San Jose St. (12/8)14 Grace Mitchell** F 6-2 Jr. Wellington, Kan. (Wellington) 2016 Kansas HS POY (USA Today), Career-high 10 pts vs. UMKC (11/14/17) 24 Maddie Simon*** F 6-2 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 2015 Nebraska HS POY;Team-high 92 games as a Husker31 Kate Cain* C 6-5 So. Middletown, N.Y. (Pine Bush) Preseason Lisa Leslie Award Watch List; Big Ten All-Freshman & All-Defensive32 Leigha Brown F 6-1 Fr. Auburn, Ind. (DeKalb) No. 21 Forward (ESPN, 2017); Career-high 20 points at No. 19 Iowa (1/3)33 Taylor Kissinger G/F 6-1 Fr. Minden, Neb. (Minden) School-record 6-for-6 3FG vs. USC Upstate; 47.7% 3FG (31-65) on seasonHead Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998), 228-149 (12th season overall) 35-40 (Third season at Nebraska)Assistant Coach: Tom Goehle, Third Season (Augustana, S.D., 1993) Assistant Coach: Chuck Love, Third Season (Northwestern Oklahoma State, 2008)Assistant Coach: Tandem Mays, Third Season (Tulsa, 2007)Director of Operations: Amanda Hart, Third Season (Dakota Wesleyan, 2014)Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator: Katie Adams, Fourth Season (Rutgers, 2008)Women’s Basketball Strength Coach: Stuart Hart, Second Season (Saint Leo, 1998)Women’s Basketball Athletic Trainer: Ashley Rudolph, Third Season (Michigan State, 2010)


AMY WILLIAMS(NEBRASKA, 1998)(35-40, Third Season at Nebraska)(228-149, 12th Season Overall)Big Ten Coach of the Year (2018)Summit League Coach of the Year (2015, 2016)WNIT Championship Team (2016)

NAIASeason School Won Lost Pct.2007-08 Rogers State 13 18 .4192008-09 Rogers State 18 14 .5632009-10 Rogers State 21 11 .6562010-11 Rogers State 23 10 .6972011-12 Rogers State 22 12 .647Total 5 seasons 97 65 .599

NCAA Division I2012-13 South Dakota 19 16 .5432013-14 South Dakota 19 14 .5762014-15 South Dakota 26 8 .7652015-16 South Dakota 32 6 .8422016-17 Nebraska 7 22 .2412017-18 Nebraska 21 11 .6562018-19 Nebraska 7 7 .500Div. I Total 7th season 131 84 .609Overall 12th season 228 149 .605

WILLIAMS IN POSTSEASONYear (Tournament) Results 2018 (NCAA) First Round2016 (WNIT) Champion2015 (WNIT) Second Round2014 (NCAA) First Round2013 (WBI) Semifinals2012 (NAIA) Elite Eight2011 (NAIA) First Round

NOTING COACH WILLIAMSNCAA Tournament (Nebraska, 2018)Summit League Regular-Season Champions (South Dakota, 2015, 2016)NCAA Tournament (South Dakota, 2014)Summit League Tournament Champions (2014)Four Summit League Championship Game AppearancesAssistant Coach, Tulsa (2006-07)Assistant Coach, Oklahoma State (2002-05)Assistant Coach, Texas-San Antonio (2001)Graduate Assistant, Nebraska-Kearney (1999-2000)Four-Year Letterwinner Nebraska (1995-98)

coaches as the Preseason Big Ten Player of the Year. Gustafson, Maryland’s Kaila Charles, Michigan’s Hallie Thome and Minnesota’s Kenisha Bell were all unanimous preseason all-conference selections by the coaches.

NEBRASKA STREAKS • Sophomore Kate Cain owns the longest streak of consecutive starts by a Husker with 45. • Junior Nicea Eliely owns Nebraska’s second-longest streak of starts with 40, while senior Maddie Simon has started 38 consecutive games. • Nebraska’s bench has outscored the opponent reserves in 14 consecutive games this season. • Nebraska has featured the same starting lineup - Maddie Simon/Kate Cain/Hannah Whitish/Nicea Eliely/Taylor Kissinger for 12 consecutive games. • Kate Cain has at least two rebounds in every game of her Nebraska career (46), and she has blocked at least one shot in 44 of 46 games (no blocks in 2018 NCAA Tournament vs. Arizona State and no blocks at Creighton, Dec. 2, 2018). • Sophomore Taylor Kissinger is 14-for-14 at the free throw line to open the season and owns the longest active free throw streak by a Husker. Kissinger also hit eight consecutive three-pointers over a three-game stretch earlier this season. •JuniorGraceMitchellhadappearedin13consecutivegamesoffthebench,includingthefirst11conteststhisseason,beforemissingtheBigTenopeneragainstMichigan(Dec.28)withafootinjury.Mitchell, who also missed NU’s win at Ohio State (Dec. 31) returned to action at Iowa (Jan. 3). • The Huskers have knocked down at least one three in 326 straight games dating back to a loss at UTEP on Dec. 20, 2008. Nebraska has hit at least two three-pointers in 205 consecutive games.

CAIN NAMED TO LISA LESLIE AWARD WATCH LIST • Nebraska’s Kate Cain claimed one of 20 spots on the preseason watch list for the 2019 Lisa Leslie Award announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) on Oct. 26.

• The Lisa Leslie Award is in its second season of recognizing the top centers in NCAA Division I women’s college basketball. It is named after the three-time All-American and 1994 National Player of the Year. The award will be announced by ESPN at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Final Four in Tampa. • Cain, a 6-5 sophomore from Middletown, N.Y., made an instant impact as a freshman for the Nebraska women’s basketballteamin2017-18.Shewasoneoffiveplayersacrossthe conference to capture first-teamBigTenAll-Freshmanhonors, while being the only freshman or sophomore named tothefive-playerBigTenAll-DefensiveTeam. • Cain shattered the Nebraska single-season blocked shot record with 100 on the season, while leading the Big Ten in blocks per game. She ranked among the top 10 players nationally in blocked shots. Cain also smashed Nebraska’s single-game block record with 11 against Florida Atlantic on Dec.17,2017,whenshebecamethefirstHuskerinhistoryto produce a triple-double in points (22), rebounds (14) and blocks (11). • Cain’s growth on the court helped the Huskers produce

one of the nation’s top turnarounds, improving 14 games in the wincolumntocaptureabidtothe2018NCAATournament.Cainfinishedtheseasonbyaveraging9.9 points and team bests of 7.0 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game. •CainisoneoffiveBigTenConferencecenterswhomakeupacombinedonequarterofthepreseason national watch list for the Lisa Leslie Award. Cain is the youngest Big Ten center on the list, joiningIowaseniorMeganGustafson,MichiganseniorHallieThome,IllinoisseniorAlexWittingerandPurduejuniorAe’RiannaHarrisinrepresentingtheconference. • Cain is scheduled to go head-to-head against those Big Ten centers seven times during the 2018-19 conference season, including twice each against Gustafson, Thome and Harris, who will all play the Huskers at Pinnacle Bank Arena this season. Cain faced another center on the list - Louisville’s Sam Fuehring in the ACC/B1G Challenge on Nov. 29. •Overall,CainisoneofjustfoursophomoresontheLisaLeslieAwardwatchlist,joiningNorthCarolina’s Janelle Bailey, Duke’s Jade Williams and IUPUI’s Macee Williams. No freshmen start the season on the award watch list, but centers can play their way onto the list at any point in the season. •TheinauguralwinneroftheLisaLeslieCenteroftheYearAwardwasA’jaWilsonfromSouthCarolina in 2018. • The selection committee for the Lisa Leslie Award is composed of media members, head coaches, sports information directors and Hall of Famers. In mid-February, the watch list will be narrowed to a list of10centers.InMarch,fivefinalistsfortheawardwillbeannounced.Fanswillhavetheopportunitytovoteontheirfavoritefinalistatwww.hoophallawards.com. • The Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award is part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Starting Five awards, which include the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award, the Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard Award, the Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award and the Katrina McClain Power Forward Award. The WBCA also presents the annual Wade Trophy, which honors the overall national player of the year. In 1993, Nebraska’s Karen Jennings won the Wade Trophy.

Nebraska’s 2018-19 Coaching Staff (from left): Assistant Coach Chuck Love, Assistant Coach Tandem Mays, Head Coach Amy Williams, Assistant Coach Tom Goehle.

(#31) Kate Cain, 6-5, So., Center


BIG RED RETURN YOUNG, HUNGRY HUSKERS IN 2018-19 • Nebraska lost three key players (Jasmine Cincore, Janay Morton, Emily Wood) from 2017-18, but the 2018-19 version of the Huskers features several experienced weapons. •Nebraskareturnseachofitstopfivescorersfrom2017-18,ledbysecond-teamAll-BigTenpointguard Hannah Whitish (12.6 ppg). Forward Maddie Simon (10.1 ppg), guard/forward Taylor Kissinger (10.0 ppg), center Kate Cain (9.9 ppg) and guard/forward Nicea Eliely (8.2 ppg) all return for the Huskers in 2018-19. • Overall, the Huskers returned more than 70 percent of their scoring (70.4%) and rebounding (70.2%), and nearly 65 percent (64.7%) of their assists from the 2017-18 roster. Nebraska also returns 147 of its school-record 163 blocks from 2017-18. The previous school record was 147. • Nebraska returns 160 of its school-record 250 three-pointers (64%) from 2017-18, including 73 fromHannahWhitishand50fromTaylorKissinger.ItmarksthefirsttimeinschoolhistorythatNebraskareturns two players from the previous season who each hit 50 or more threes. • Nebraska’s 2018-19 freshman class was ranked No. 20 in the nation by the ESPN, giving the Huskers back-to-back top 20 classes. • Ashtyn Veerbeek, a 6-2 forward out of Western Christian High School in Hull, Iowa, was ranked as the No. 55 player in the nation by Blue Star, No. 66 by Prospects Nation and No. 68 by ESPN, which also ranked Veerbeek as the No. 9 forward in the Class of 2018. As a senior, Veerbeek was named one of the 50 greatest girls players in Iowa history by the Des Moines Register. She led the state in rebounding (14.4 rpg) while ranking third in scoring (25.8 ppg) and eighth in blocks (86). She finishedwith1,871points,1,041rebounds,227blocksand203assists. • Leigha Brown, a 6-1 forward out of DeKalb High School in Indiana, averaged 28.0 points, 11.5 rebounds,5.0assists,1.7stealsand1.4blocksin2017-18.Shefinishedhercareerwith1,798points,810 rebounds and 325 assists. She was ranked as the No. 21 forward nationally by ESPN. • Sam Haiby was ranked as the No. 122 player in the country by Prospects Nation, No. 125 by Blue Star and as the No. 28 guard nationally by ESPN. The 5-9 guard at Class 4A Moorhead High School scored well over 2,000 points in her high school career while averaging 25.1 points, 7.1 reboundsand5.3assistspergamefortheSpudsdespitebeinglimitedbyinjuryasasenior. • A North Tartan club teammate of Haiby’s, Kayla Mershon comes to Lincoln as one of the top players in Minnesota. The 6-3 forward from Chanhassen, Minn., was ranked as the No. 132 overall player in the country by Prospects Nation and the No. 14 wing nationally by ESPN. As a senior at Minnetonka High School, Mershon averaged 12.7 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game.

WHITISH SPARKED HUSKER BACKCOURT GROWTH • Nebraska’s growth in the backcourt in 2017-18 started with Hannah Whitish, who earned second-team All-Big Ten honorsasasophomoreinherfirstfullseasonasastarter.The5-9 guard from Barneveld, Wis., led the Huskers in scoring (12.6 ppg), assists (4.7 apg), steals (1.3 spg) and three-pointers (2.3 pg), as the only Husker to start all 32 games in 2017-18. •Shescoredindoublefiguresateam-leading18timesin2017-18 for a balanced Big Red attack. • The Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 11, 2017), Whitish averaged 29.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.5 steals to lead NU to a pair of road wins at Kansas (Dec. 6, 2017) and Drake (Dec. 9, 2017). • She erupted for a career-high 29 points, including 25 in the second half, to carry Nebraska offensively in a road win at Kansas (Dec. 6, 2017). Whitish outscored the previously unbeaten Jayhawks 25-13 after halftime to help the Huskers rallyfroma13-pointsecond-quarterdeficittoa17-pointwin. • Whitish matched her career high with 29 points in the next game at Drake (Dec. 9, 2017) to lead Nebraska to an 89-85 double-overtime victory. She added six rebounds, six assists, two steals and a block against the Bulldogs. • She notched her fourth career 20-point game with 20 points on a career-high six threes in the road win at Illinois (Jan. 10). •Whitishputupan18-point,five-assisteffortinNebraska’swinoverNo.20Iowa(Jan.16),andadded 16 points and a six assists to complete a season sweep of the Hawkeyes (Jan. 28). •ShehelpedpowerNebraskatotheBigTenTournamentsemifinalsbyscoring17pointswhilepullingdownateam-highsevenreboundsinawinoverMichiganinthequarterfinals(March2). •Whitishpumpedin17pointson5-of-7three-pointshootingwhileaddingfiverebounds,fiveassists and two steals in a key Big Ten road win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). •Shehad16pointsandsevenassistsinthewinatNorthwestern(Jan.7).Shehad14pointswithfiveassists in the win at Minnesota (Dec. 31) and 14 more to close the regular season at No. 13 Maryland. •InherfirstNCAATournamentappearance,Whitishscored12pointsandhitapairofthree-pointersagainst Arizona State (March 17) in Austin, Texas. •Shehad12points,fivereboundsandfourassistsagainstNo.12OhioState(Dec.28).Sheadded16pointsandfiveassistsagainstNo.23Michigan(Jan.13) • She was solid against Washington State (Dec. 22, 2017) with 18 points, six assists and three steals. •Whitishhad17points,fiverebounds,eightassistsandastealinawinoverFloridaAtlantic(Dec.19). Whitish had 15 points against Buffalo (Nov. 23, 2017) and 14 against Creighton (Nov. 19, 2017).

NEBRASKA 2018-19 QUICK FACTS

Institution........................ University of Nebraska Location ......................................... Lincoln, Neb.Population ............................................. 280,364Enrollment ............................................... 25,820Founded ..................................................... 1869Nickname ..........................Cornhuskers, HuskersColors .................................... Scarlet and CreamHome Arena ........................Pinnacle Bank ArenaCapacity ................................................... 15,000Conference ............................................. Big TenAthletic Director .................................. Bill Moos2018-19 Overall Record .................................7-7 Home Record .............................................5-1 Away Record ..............................................1-6 Neutral Record ..........................................1-0 Big Ten Record...........................................1-02017-18 Overall Record .............................21-11 Home Record ...........................................10-6 Away Record ..............................................9-2 Neutral Record ..........................................2-3 Big Ten Record.........................................11-5Head Coach ...................................Amy Williams Alma Mater/Year.....................Nebraska/1998 Record at Nebraska ........ 35-40 (Third season) Career Record ..............228-149 (12th season) NCAA Div. I Record ... 131-83 (Seventh season)Williams’ Nebraska Home Record ..............22-16 Big Ten Conference Record ...................16-19 Big Ten Home Record ................................9-8 Big Ten Road Record ...............................7-11 Big Ten Tournament Record .......................1-2Assistant Coaches: ........................... Tom Goehle .................................................Chuck Love ............................................. Tandem MaysDirector of Operations ...................Amanda HartVideo Coordinator ..........................Katie AdamsStrength Coach ................................. Stuart HartAthletic Trainer .......................... Ashley RudolphBasketball Office Phone .............. (402) 472-6462Basketball Office Fax .................. (402) 472-0849Women’s Basketball Contact............ Jeff GrieschCommunications Office Phone .... (402) 472-2263Griesch’s Direct Line ................... (402) 472-7775Griesch’s Cell Phone.................... (402) 540-0279Griesch’s E-mail [email protected] Fax ................... (402) 472-2005Best Way to Contact Williams ... Through GrieschStarters Returning/Lost ..................................4/1Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................6/6Newcomers ....................................................... 5Returning Starters (4, 2017-18 Stats) .................. Hannah Whitish, G (12.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 4.7 apg) Maddie Simon, F (10.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.0 apg) Kate Cain, C (9.9 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 3.1 bpg) Nicea Eliely, G (8.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.7 apg)Others Returning (2, 2017-18 Stats) ................... Taylor Kissinger, G (10.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.4 apg) Grace Mitchell, F (2.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg) Starters Lost (1, 2017-18 Stats).......................... Jasmine Cincore, G (6.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.1 apg)Others Lost (2, 2017-18 Stats) ............................ Janay Morton, G (6.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg) Emily Wood, G (3.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg) Bria Stallworth, G (3.4 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 1.7 apg) Rachel Blackburn, F (1.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg) Darrien Washington, F (1.3 ppg, 2.2 rpg)2018-19 Newcomers (5) ............................Leigha Brown, 6-1, Fr., G ..................................Sam Haiby, 5-9 Fr., G ........................ Kristian Hudson, 5-5, Sr., G ...........................Kayla Mershon, 6-3, Fr., F ....................... Ashtyn Veerbeek, 6-2, Fr., F

(#3) Hannah Whitish, 5-9, Jr., Guard


• She tied a career high with nine assists in a win over UMKC (Nov. 14, 2017). •Whitishtiedacareerhighwitheightreboundswhileaddingninepointsandagame-highfiveassists in the win over Penn State (Feb. 22). •Whitishownsateam-best38careerdouble-figurescoringefforts,includingeightin2018-19and18 in 2017-18. She owns four career 20-point performances, including three in 2017-18.

SIMON STRIVING FOR LEADERSHIP AS A SENIOR • Maddie Simon is trying to help lead a young Husker team in 2018-19. The only active senior on Nebraska’s roster, Simon is averaging 8.6 points and 4.1 rebounds. •Simon,whohasproduceddoublefiguressixtimesthisseason, matched her season high with 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting in Nebraska’s road win at Ohio State (Dec. 31). She set her season high with 16 points at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). •Sheowns25careerdouble-figurescoringefforts. •Simonisshooting47.1percent(48-102)fromthefield. • She had 15 points and a season-high seven rebounds at Washington State (Nov. 16). She played a career-high 40 minutes in the double-overtime game against the Cougars. •Sheputup13points in just18minutes inawinoverRadford (Nov. 25) and had 10 points and four rebounds in just18minutesinawinoverUSCUpstate(Nov.11). • Simon opened Big Ten play with 10 points in Nebraska’s comeback win over Michigan (Dec. 28). • With depth and experience creating a positive for the Nebraska backcourt, Simon changed her focus to the power

forward position in 2017-18. • The6-2LincolnPiusXHighSchoolgradwasasignificantcontributorintheNUbackcourtherfirsttwoyears,includingastartingrolelateintheregularseasonof2015-16. • Through two seasons, she averaged 4.5 points and 1.9 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per game. She madefivestartsasafreshman,beforecomingoffthebenchinall29gamesin2016-17. • WiththelossofNebraska’sstartingfrontcourt,andinexperienceandinjurieschallengingtheinside game, Simon ran into a more prominent role at power forward in 2017-18. • In 28 games with 27 starts at power forward, Simon was one of the most improved players in the Big Ten by averaging 10.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in 2017-18. The Huskers went 20-8 with Simon on the court with their only losses to No. 11/13/17 Maryland (3), No. 12 Ohio State, No. 23 Michigan, Arizona State in the NCAA Tournament, at WNIT Champion Indiana, and Washington State. • Statistically, Simon was one of the Big Ten’s most improved players, increasing her scoring (+6.0 ppg) and rebounding averages (+3.0 rpg) from 2016-17. She more than doubled her points (282-118), rebounds (147-67) and assists (55-24) and nearly doubled her steals (23-12) from 2016-17. • Simonproduceddoublefigures14timesin2017-18.Sheenteredtheseasonwithfivecareerdouble-figurescoringeffortsin50games. • Shehadthebestgameofhercareerwith18points,eightrebounds,acareer-highfiveassistsand a career-high-tying three steals in a win at Minnesota (Dec. 31). Simon scored 16 of her team-high 18 points in the second half, including the go-ahead shot in the lane with 29.8 seconds left, before grabbing a defensive rebound, getting fouled and making two free throws with 12.9 seconds left to help seal a 79-74 win in which Nebraska trailed by eight points late in the third quarter on the road. • Simon erupted for a team-high 19 points including a season-best 3-for-4 three-point shooting in a win over No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16). She added 19 more points and a team-best eight rebounds to complete a season sweep of the Hawkeyes at Iowa (Jan. 28). • Simon scored a career-high 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting at San Jose State (Dec. 17, 2018). Her 20pointsatSanJoseStatecameinjust24minutes. • Her effort at San Jose State followed 17 points, six boards, four assists and two steals in a win at Drake (Dec. 9, 2017). She added 13 points against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19, 2017). • The Big Red opened 3-0 with Simon as a starting in 2017-18. She averaged 6.7 points and a team-high 9.3 rebounds through three games. She had 11 points and eight boards in a win over UMKC (Nov.14,2017),beforegettingfivepointsandacareer-high12reboundsvs.Arkansas(Nov.16,2017). • She suffered an ankle sprain in pregame warmups prior to Nebraska’s game with Creighton (Nov. 19,2017)anddidnotplayagainsttheBluejays.Simonmissedfourstraightgameswiththeinjury. •The2015NebraskaHighSchoolPlayeroftheYear,Simonwasatwo-timefirst-teamSuper-Stateselection while leading Lincoln Pius X to the 2015 Class B state championship. She was the No. 149 player in the nation according to Blue Star and the No. 22 guard by ESPN in 2015. A tremendous all-around athlete, Simon won the Class A 100- and 300-meter hurdles championships at the 2015 Nebraska State Track & Field Championships. • Simon earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second time in 2018. • Her mother, Nicole Ali Simon, was a CoSIDA Academic All-American as a member of Coach Gary Pepin’s national champion Huskers in 1983 and 1984.

HUSKER CAREER HIGHSSCORINGPlayer (Game, Date) PointsHannah Whitish (at Drake, 12/9/17; at Kansas, 12/6/17) 29Taylor Kissinger (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 25Kate Cain (vs. Florida Atlantic, 12/19/17) 22Leigha Brown (at Iowa, 1/3/19) 20Sam Haiby (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 20Maddie Simon (at San Jose State, 12/17/17) 20Nicea Eliely (vs. California, 12/4/16) 19Ashtyn Veerbeek (Three Times, at Arkansas, 12/18/18) 14Grace Mitchell (vs. UMKC, 11/14/17) 10Kristian Hudson (vs. Drake, 11/7/18) 7Kayla Mershon (at Arkansas, 12/18/18; vs. Drake, 11/7/18) 6

REBOUNDINGPlayer (Game, Date) ReboundsKate Cain (vs. Penn State, 2/22/18) 20Ashtyn Veerbeek (vs. San Jose State, 12/8/18) 14Maddie Simon (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 12Taylor Kissinger (vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 11Nicea Eliely (Three Times, vs. FAU, 12/19/17) 9Hannah Whitish (vs. Penn St., 2/22/18; vs. Minn., 2/4/17) 8Kayla Mershon (vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 7Sam Haiby (vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 6Grace Mitchell (vs. Upstate, 11/11/18; vs. Ark., 11/16/17) 6Leigha Brown (vs. Michigan, 12/28/18) 5Kristian Hudson (at Miami, 11/23/18; vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 3

ASSISTSPlayer (Game, Date) AssistsHannah Whitish (vs. UMKC, 11/14/17; vs. Illinois, 2/4/17) 9Sam Haiby (vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 8Nicea Eliely (Five Times, vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 6Leigha Brown (vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 5Maddie Simon (at Minnesota, 12/31/17) 5Taylor Kissinger (vs. Arkansas, 11/16/17) 4Kate Cain (Three Times, at Mich. St., 2/14/18) 3Kristian Hudson (vs. Upstate, 11/11/18; vs. Drake, 11/7/18) 3Kayla Mershon (vs. Michigan, 12/28/18) 3Grace Mitchell (vs. CCU, 11/24/17; at Mich. St., 1/7/17) 2Ashtyn Veerbeek (Five Times, at Iowa, 1/3/19) 1

STEALSPlayer (Game, Date) StealsNicea Eliely (Three Times, vs. Michigan, 12/28/18) 4Hannah Whitish (at Maryland, 2/25/18) 4Sam Haiby (at Arkansas, 12/18/18) 3Taylor Kissinger (at Ohio St., 12/31/18; vs. Buffalo, 11/23/17) 3Maddie Simon (at Minn., 12/31/17; vs. Virginia, 11/26/16) 3Leigha Brown (at Iowa, 1/3/19; vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 2Kate Cain (Five Times, vs. Maryland, 3/3/18) 2Kristian Hudson (vs. Drake, 11/7/18) 2Kayla Mershon (at Arkansas, 12/18/18; vs. SJSU, 12/8/18) 2Grace Mitchell (Three Times, vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 2Ashtyn Veerbeek (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 2

BLOCKED SHOTSPlayer (Game, Date) BlocksKate Cain (vs. FAU, 12/19/17) - school record 11Nicea Eliely (vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 4Ashtyn Veerbeek (vs. Kansas, 12/5/18) 3Taylor Kissinger (vs. Purdue, 1/24/18; vs. Creighton, 11/19/17) 2Kayla Mershon (at Arkansas, 12/18/18) 2Maddie Simon (vs. Wisconsin, 2/11/18; vs. UConn, 12/21/16) 2Hannah Whitish (vs. Maryland, 3/3/18) 2Sam Haiby (vs. Denver, 12/15/18) 1Grace Mitchell (Six Times, at Iowa, 1/3/19) 1

MINUTES PLAYEDPlayer (Game, Date) MinutesHannah Whitish (vs. Michigan State, 2/26/17) 44Maddie Simon (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 40Kate Cain (vs. Michigan, 1/13/18) 39 Nicea Eliely (vs. Illinois, 3/1/17) 37Taylor Kissinger (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 36Sam Haiby (at Washington State, 11/16/18) 32Leigha Brown (vs. Denver, 12/15/18; vs. SJSU, 12/8/18) 23Kayla Mershon (at Iowa, 1/3/19; at Arkansas, 12/18/18) 23Ashtyn Veerbeek (at Ohio State, 12/31/18) 23Grace Mitchell (at Illinois, 1/15/17) 22Kristian Hudson (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 21

THREE-POINTERS MADEPlayer (Game, Date) 3FG MadeTaylor Kissinger (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 6Hannah Whitish (at Illinois, 1/10/18) 6Nicea Eliely (vs. Illinois, 3/1/17) 4Leigha Brown (at Iowa, 1/3/19) 3Maddie Simon (Three Times, vs. Iowa, 1/16/18) 3Ashtyn Veerbeek (vs. Radford, 11/25/18) 3Sam Haiby (vs. Michigan, 12/28/18) 2Kristian Hudson (vs. USC Upstate, 11/11/18) 2Kayla Mershon (vs. Drake, 11/7/18) 1 Grace Mitchell (Five Times, vs. UAPB, 12/2/17) 1

(#24) Maddie Simon, 6-2, Sr., Forward


BIG RED LOCKED DOWN ON DEFENSE IN 2017-18 • Nebraska showed drastic improvement on defense in 2017-18. In 2016-17, Nebraska ranked 14th in the Big Ten by allowing 76.3 points, including 80.4 points per game in league play. Prior to 2015-16, the Huskers had not allowed 65 points per game since 2004-05. • In 2017-18, Nebraska allowed 63.6 points per game. •Over the last14gamesof2017-18, theHuskersallowed just61.7points per game, despite playing 11 games against postseason teams, including seven against NCAA Tournament teams. •NebraskaledtheBigTeninfieldgoalpercentagedefense(.371)andthree-pointfieldgoalpercentagedefense(.299).NU’sBigTenfieldgoalpercentage defense was a school record, while the Huskers held opponents to under 30 percent three-point shooting for the fourth time in history. • In 2016-17, Nebraska allowed 82.8 points per game to go 0-13 away from home. In 2017-18, the Huskers allowed 66.3 points per game while going 11-5 away from Pinnacle Bank Arena. Ten of NU’s 16 road gamescameagainstpostseasonqualifiers,includingeightagainstNCAATournament teams. • Compared to 2016-17, Nebraska was 6.0 points per game better offensively (68.8-62.8 ppg) and 12.7 points per game better defensively (63.6-76.3 ppg). •Nebraskaallowedjust42pointsatNo.25Rutgers,thelowesttotalby an opponent in Coach Amy Williams’ two seasons at NU and the fewest points surrendered by the Huskers since holding Creighton to 38 on Dec. 14, 2013. It was also the fewest points allowed by the Huskers in a road game since holding Michigan to 39 points on Feb. 21, 2013, in Ann Arbor. • Nebraska held 11 foes to 55 points or less, including 42 at No. 25 Rutgers, 47 to Illinois (Feb. 1) and Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24), 48 to Wisconsin (Feb. 11), 49 at Kansas (Dec. 6), 51 to Purdue (Jan. 24) and Penn State (Feb. 22), 52 to Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2), 53 to SIUE (Nov. 11), 54 to No. 24 Michigan at the Big Ten Tournament and 55 at San Jose State (Dec. 17). •In2016-17,theHuskersheldjusttwofoesto55orless. • The Huskers held two opponents (Illinois, 2nd, 0-12, Feb. 1; at Kansas, 4th, 0-14, Dec. 6) without afieldgoal inaquarter in2017-18.TheyaretheonlytwotimesNebraskahasheldanopponentwithoutafieldgoalsincetheadventofthequartersystem. •NebraskaheldIllinois(Feb.1)tojust10pointsinthefirsthalf-thelowesttotalbyanopponentinafirsthalfinschoolhistory.Illinoismanagedjustonepointinthesecondquarter. •NebraskaheldKansas(Dec.6)tojust13pointsinthesecondhalf,thefewestpointseverscoredin a half by a Husker road opponent on their homecourt. •TheHuskerslimitedapotentMichiganoffensetojust14second-halfpoints(4fieldgoals),includingfivepointsinthethirdquarter,totaketheNo.23Wolverinestoovertime(Jan.13). •Sinceaccomplishingitthefirsttimeinthefirstquarter(8points)againstCoastalCarolina(Nov.24), Nebraska held opponents to single digits in a quarter a total of 13 times, including seven times in Big Ten Conference games. The Huskers held Michigan (3rd, 4th), Rutgers (1st, 4th) and Illinois (1st, 2nd) to single digits twice in the same game. •TheHuskersheldeachoftheBigTen’stopfivescoringoffensestodoubledigitsless(inregulation)than their regular-season averages, including Ohio State (85.0 ppg - 73, Lincoln, Dec. 28), Minnesota (84.9 ppg - 74, Minneapolis, Dec. 31), Maryland (79.6 ppg - 64, Lincoln, Feb. 4; 66, Indianapolis, March 3), Iowa (78.7 ppg, 65, Lincoln, Jan. 13) and Michigan (74.9 ppg - 62, Lincoln, Jan. 13; 54, Indianapolis, March 2). •InaseasonsweepofIowa,theHuskersheldthehigh-scoringHawkeyestojust1-for-19fromthree-pointrangecombined.Inthefirstfirstmeeting,Iowawent0-for-7withmultipleairballsandhad two attempts blocked by Huskers.

CAIN KEY ON BLOCK, EARNS BIG TEN ALL-DEFENSIVE AWARD • Kate Cain is continuing her strong play in the post to open her sophomore season. Through 14 games, Cain is averaging 7.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and a team-best 2.5 blocks per game. • She produced her best game of the year when she tied her season high with 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting while adding a season-best 17 rebounds to go along with three blocks in a win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). It was her seventh career double-double and second of the season. • Cainnotchedherfirstdouble-doubleoftheyearwith10pointsand10reboundsatWashingtonState (Nov. 16). • Sheownsfivedouble-digitscoringefforts,includingaseason-high16pointsin19minutesinawinoverUSCUpstate.Cainadded14pointsandfivereboundsinthewinoverDenver(Dec.15).Shealso had 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting at Creighton (Dec. 2). • Cainhasthreedouble-figurereboundgames,including10boardsatNo.5Louisville(Nov.29). • Cain owns at least one block in 13 of 14 games this season, including 11 games with multiple rejections.ShedidnotrecordablockatCreighton(Dec.2).ShehasclimbedtoNo.4ontheNebraskacareerblockslistwith135andneeds65moretobecomejustthefourthplayerinHuskerhistorywith200 career blocks. • Through games Jan. 7, Cain ranked No. 11 in the nation in blocked shots with 35. • Cain’s35blocksthrough14gamesthisseasonalreadyrankfifthamongsophomoresinNebraskahistory. She needs one more block to tie Charlie Rogers (36, 1997-98) in the No. 4 spot on the school sophomore list and three more blocks to catch Danielle Page (38, 2005-06) at No. 3.

HUSKERS BY THE NUMBERSNEB leads after 1st quarter 4-2NEB trails after 1st quarter 2-5NEB tied after 1st quarter 1-0NEB leads at the half 6-2NEB trails at the half 1-5NEB is tied at the half 0-0NEB leads after 3rd quarter 5-0NEB trails after 3rd quarter 2-7NEB tied after 3rd quarter 0-0NEB in overtime 0-1

NEB attempts more FG than opponent 5-4NEB attempts fewer FG than opponent 1-3NEB attempts same FG as opponent 1-0

NEB makes more FG than opponent 7-2 NEB makes fewer FG than opponent 0-4NEB makes same FG as opponent 0-1

NEB has better FG Pct. than opponent 6-2NEB has worse FG Pct. than opponent 1-5

NEB shoots 50 percent or better FG 3-0NEB shoots less than 50 percent FG 4-7

NEB shoots 40 percent or better FG 5-5NEB shoots less than 40 percent FG 2-2

NEB shoots more FT than opponent 5-2NEB shoots fewer FT than opponent 2-4NEB shoots same FT as opponent 0-1

NEB makes more FT than opponent 4-2NEB makes fewer FT than opponent 2-5NEB makes same FT as opponent 1-0

NEB has more rebounds than opponent 5-3NEB has fewer rebounds than opponent 2-4NEB has same rebounds as opponent 0-0

NEB has more O-rebounds than opponent 5-2NEB has fewer O-rebounds than opponent 2-3NEB has same O-rebounds as opponent 0-2

NEB has more assists than opponent 6-2NEB has fewer assists than opponent 1-5NEB has same assists as opponent 0-0

NEB has more turnovers than opponent 2-4NEB has fewer turnovers than opponent 4-1NEB has same turnovers as opponent 1-2

NEB has more steals than opponent 6-1NEB has fewer steals than opponent 1-6NEB has same steals as opponent 0-0

NEB has more blocks than opponent 5-2NEB has fewer blocks than opponent 2-4NEB has same blocks as opponent 0-1

NEB commits more fouls than opponent 4-6NEB commits fewer fouls than opponent 1-1NEB commits same fouls as opponent 2-0

Games are decided by 20 or more points 4-0Games are decided by 10 or more points 5-2Games are decided by 9 or fewer points 2-5Games are decided by 5 or fewer points 0-2Games are decided by 3 or fewer points 0-1Overtime Games 0-1

Playing on Monday 1-0Playing on Tuesday 0-1Playing on Wednesday 1-1Playing on Thursday 0-2Playing on Friday 1-2Playing on Saturday 2-0Playing on Sunday 2-1

Playing in November 2-4Playing in December 5-2Playing in January 0-1Playing in February 0-0Playing in March 0-0

DEFENSIVE STANCESeason PPG Allowed2017-18 (NCAA) 63.62016-17 76.32015-16 (WNIT) 68.12014-15 (NCAA) 60.92013-14 (NCAA) 63.42012-13 (NCAA) 59.02011-12 (NCAA) 61.82010-11 64.72009-10 (NCAA) 58.32008-09 (WNIT) 61.72007-08 (NCAA) 63.22006-07 (NCAA) 62.62005-06 (WNIT) 62.92004-05 (WNIT) 65.42003-04 (WNIT) 63.92002-03 63.92001-02 68.92000-01 68.8


• Cainowns20double-figure scoringefforts, ninedouble-figure reboundinggames andonedouble-digitblockgameinthefirst46gamesofhercareer.Shehasmade45straightstarts. • Cain is the only player in Nebraska history to record a points (22), rebounds (14) and blocked shots (11) triple-double, which she accomplished in a win over Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19, 2017). Her points, blocks and assists (3) were all career highs against the Owls. • Cain’s performance was one of only two points-rebounds-blocks triple-doubles in the Big Ten (Alex Wittinger, Illinois vs. Penn State, Jan. 23) in 2017-18. • Cain, who set the Nebraska record with 11 blocks against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19, 2017) smashed Olympic bronze medalist Danielle Page’s previous school record of nine against Baylor (Feb. 3, 2007). • CainbecamejustthesixthplayerinBigTenConferencehistorytorecord11ormoreblocksandjustthe10thBigTenplayertonotchdouble-digitblocksinasinglegame. • Cain captured four Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week awards (Nov. 13, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 26) during the 2017-18 non-conference. • Cain added a monstrous double-double with 14 points and a career-high 20 rebounds in a win over Penn State (Feb. 22). Her 20 rebounds tied for the sixth-highest individual total in school history and helped the Huskers to a plus-29 rebound margin against the Lady Lions. •CainfinishedNo.8nationallyinblocks(100)andNo.7inblockspergame(3.1bpg)in2017-18. • Cain, who previously tied the Nebraska freshman record with six blocks against Clemson (Nov. 30, 2017), owns 19 games with three or more blocks in her career, including four this season and 15 in2017-18.Shehasrecordedfiveormoreblocksfivetimesinhercareer-Clemson(6,Nov.30,2017),Kansas (5, Dec. 6, 2017), Florida Atlantic (11, Dec. 19, 2017), Northwestern (5, Jan. 7, 2018), Iowa (5, Jan. 16, 2018). • Cainrecordedablockineachofthefirst31gamesofhercareerbeforegoingwithoutablockintheNCAATournamentfirstroundlosstoArizonaState(March17).Shehadmultipleblocksin26of 32 games as a freshman. • Cain was the only player to capture spots on both the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and Big Ten All-DefensiveTeamin2017-18.Bothfive-playerteamswerechosenbytheleaguecoaches. • She averaged 9.9 points and team bests of 7.0 rebounds and a Big Ten-best 3.1 blocks per game in 2017-18. • Cain’s 100 total blocks were a school record, while her seven blocks in a win over Michigan in theBigTenTournamentquarterfinals(March2)andninetotalblocksintwotournamentgameswereboth Nebraska conference tournament records. • Cain’s56.6fieldgoalpercentagerankedasthesecond-bestmarkbyaNebraskafreshmaninschool history. • Her223totalreboundsrankedfourthamongfreshmeninHuskerhistory,andshewasjustthesixth Husker freshman ever to grab 200 rebounds. • She is the only Husker freshman ever to record 300 points, 200 rebounds and 100 blocks.

KISSINGER OFF TO STRONG START AS SOPHOMORE • Taylor Kissinger has her second season at Nebraska off to a strong start, averaging 9.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists. She has hit a Big Ten-best 47.7 percent (31-65) of her three-pointers, including eight consecutive attempts that began with going 6-for-6 against USC Upstate (Nov. 11) and endedafterherfirstmakeatMiami(Nov.23). • Kissinger set a Nebraska basketball record by going 6-for-6 from three-point range in the win over USC Upstate (Nov. 11). She led Nebraska with 22 points - the second 20-point performance of her career. • She notched the 17th double-digit scoring game of her career (and fourth consecutive) with 12 points at Arkansas (Dec. 18). • Kissinger had a team-high 18 points on 4-of-10 three-point shooting in the win over Denver (Dec. 15). It followed a 17-point effort on 5-of-11 three-point shooting in a win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). • Kissingerhitatleastonethreeinthefirstsixcontestsof 2018-19 before getting shut out from beyond the arc at Creighton (Dec. 2).

• Kissinger bounced back with her second career double-double in the win over Kansas (Dec. 5), registering 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds while going 3-for-4 from three-point range against the Jayhawks. • The 6-1 guard from Minden, Neb.,finishedthirdonthe2017-18teaminscoringwith10.0pointsper game, while adding 4.1 rebounds per contest. She also ranked second on the team with 50 three-pointers, which was the fourth-highest total by a freshman in Nebraska history. • Kissinger played in 25 games with seven starts in 2017-18, while missing seven games due to injuries.Shescoredindoublefigures12times,whileaddingonedouble-digitreboundgamewithherfirstcareerdouble-doublewith10pointsand10reboundsoffthebenchatIndiana(Feb.17). • In the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Kissinger scored 15 points in 21 minutes off the bench, after missingallbutsixminutesoverthethreepreviousgameswithasprainedSCjointsufferedinthefirst

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(MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2019)1-Notre Dame (14-1) [12] .................... 715 (2)2-Louisville (14-0) [10] ......................... 708 (3)3-UConn (12-1) [3] ............................... 701 (1)4-Baylor (11-1) [5]................................ 687 (8)5-Oregon (13-1) .................................. 616 (5)6-Stanford (12-1) ................................. 609 (6)7-Mississippi State (14-1) .................... 575 (7)8-NC State (15-0) ................................ 536 (8)9-Maryland (13-1) ................................ 500 (4)10-Oregon State (12-2) ..................... 487 (11)11-Texas (12-2) .................................. 443 (13)12-Syracuse (13-2) ............................. 411 (14)13-Tennessee (12-2) .......................... 394 (10)14-Gonzaga (15-1) ............................ 318 (17)15-Marquette (12-3) .......................... 183 (15)16-Kentucky (14-2) ............................ 268 (16)17-Iowa (10-3) ................................... 253 (19)18-Minnesota (12-2) .......................... 186 (12)19-Arizona State (11-3) ..................... 167 (22)20-Iowa State (12-2) .......................... 163 (25)21-South Carolina (10-4) ................... 162 (23)22-Florida State (14-1) ......................118 (RV)23-Michigan State (11-3) ................... 304 (15)24-California (10-3) ........................... 101 (18)25-Indiana (14-1) .................................74 (RV)Note: Nebraska 2018-19 opponents in italics.NU & Opponents Receiving Votes: 26-Miami (44); 27-Rutgers (41); T33-Drake (2)

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(TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2019)1-Notre Dame (14-1) [15] .................... 769 (2)2-Louisville (14-0) [9] ........................... 758 (3)3-UConn (12-1) [6] ............................... 749 (1)4-Baylor (11-1) [2]................................ 712 (7)5-Oregon (13-1) .................................. 669 (5)6-Mississippi State (14-1) .................... 636 (6)7-Stanford (12-1) ................................. 611 (8)8-NC State (15-0) ................................ 579 (9)9-Maryland (13-1) ................................ 545 (4)10-Oregon State (12-2) ..................... 500 (11)11-Texas (12-2) .................................. 454 (12)12-Syracuse (13-2) ............................. 431 (14)13-Tennessee (12-2) .......................... 409 (10)14-Marquette (12-3) .......................... 364 (16)15-Gonzaga (15-1) ............................ 344 (18)16-Kentucky (14-2) ............................ 309 (15)17-Iowa (11-3) ................................... 279 (20)18-Florida State (14-1) ...................... 213 (23)19-Arizona State (11-3) ..................... 212 (22)20-Minnesota (12-2) .......................... 179 (13)21-California (10-3) ...........................111 (RV)22-Iowa State (12-2) ............................99 (RV)23-Miami (14-3) ...................................83 (RV)24-Michigan State (11-3) ..................... 82 (17)25-South Carolina (10-4) .....................60 (RV)Note: Nebraska 2018-19 opponents in italics.NU & Opponents Receiving Votes: 27-Indiana (44); 31-Rutgers (13); 34-Drake;T39-Michigan (2)

(#33) Taylor Kissinger, 6-1, So., Guard


quarterofalossintheregular-seasonfinaleatNo.13Maryland(Feb.25). • Kissinger produced the best performance of her young career with a game-high 25 points to lead Nebraskatoan80-69winoverArkansas(Nov.16,2017).Kissingerhit9-of-15shotsfromthefloor,including 4-of-7 threes. She added eight rebounds and four assists against the Hogs. • KissingerjoinedHannahWhitishastheonlytwoHuskerstostarteachofthefirstsevengamesin2017-18, Kissinger did not play in wins over Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2), at Kansas (Dec. 6), at Drake (Dec.9),atSanJoseState(Dec.17)oroverFloridaAtlantic(Dec.19)aftersufferingaminorkneeinjurylate in the game against Clemson (Nov. 30). She also missed a loss to Washington State (Dec. 22). • Kissinger pumped in 18 points and four threes in Nebraska’s win over UMKC (Nov. 14, 2017). • She averaged 14.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in two games at the San Juan Shootout in Daytona Beach, Fla., Nov. 23-24. She also established a career high with three steals vs. Buffalo (Nov. 23, 2017). • Shehitafreshmanseason-highfivethreesinawinoverCoastalCarolina(Nov.24,2017). • Kissinger led Nebraska with 17 points to go along with six rebounds, three assists, a block and astealbeforesustainingakneeinjurylateinthegameagainstClemson(Nov.30,2017). •Nebraska’sleadingscorerthroughthefirstsevengamesasastarter(14.0ppg),Kissingeraveraged8.6 points and 4.1 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per game off the bench in Big Ten play, including a personal conference-best 18 points on 4-of-8 three-point shooting against No. 11 Maryland (Feb. 4). • She had 14 points with four three-pointers to go along with three rebounds and two assists in a road win at Northwestern (Jan. 7). • Kissinger came up big in Nebraska’s upset of No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16), scoring 12 points while grabbing a eight rebounds off the bench in the win over the Hawkeyes. • Kissinger’s older twin sisters were both Division I guards, with Brooke in her third season at Creightonin2018-19afterspendingherfirsttwoseasonsatIllinois.Jamiecompletedhereligibilityat San Diego in 2017-18.

ELIELY OPENS JUNIOR SEASON STRONG • Nicea Eliely is in her third season as a regular starter for the Huskers in 2018-19. • Eliely is one of eight Huskers averaging 7.8 or more points per game (8.6 ppg), while ranking third on the team in rebounding (4.5 rpg) and assists (2.6 apg). She also leads NU in steals (1.4 spg). • She ranks second on the team in three-point percentage (.444) and third in free throw percentage (.794). • Her 69 career starts at Nebraska are the most by any current Husker. She has started 40 consecutive games. •Elielyproducedherfifthdouble-figurescoringeffortofthe year with a season-high-tying 14 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, in Nebraska’s road win at Ohio State (Dec. 31). It was NU’s second straight fourth-quarter comeback. • It followed a 14-point performance in a comeback win over Michigan (Dec. 28), when she scored all 14 in the fourth period. She also tied a career high with four steals against the Wolverines while setting a career best with seven made free throws. She outscored Michigan 14-13 in the fourth quarter. • She set her season high with 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting in a win over Denver (Dec. 15). She added 10-point efforts against Drake (Nov. 7) and at No. 24 Miami (Nov. 23). • Elielyowns25careerdouble-figurescoringefforts,includingfivethisseason. • She had nine points and a season-high eight rebounds at Creighton (Dec. 2). Eliely matched her season high with eight boards against Kansas (Dec. 5) while setting a career high with four blocks. •SherecordedatleastonestealineachofNebraska’sfirsteightgamesof2018-19.Elielyownssix games with multiple steals this season. • The 6-1 wing from Colorado Springs, Colo., started all 29 games as a true freshman, averaging 7.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and a team-leading 1.6 steals per game. •Shemissedthreegamesandsixstartswithafoot/ankleinjurytoopenthe2017-18season.Shestartedtheseason’sfinal26gamesandaveraged8.2points,4.0rebounds,1.7assistsand1.2stealsas a sophomore. Sheshotastrong46.9percentfromthefield, including38percent(19-50)fromthree-point range. • Eliely had a 2017-18 season-high 17 points in a win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). • She had 10 points and a career-high-tying nine rebounds in a win over FAU (Dec. 19, 2017).

MITCHELL RETURNS FROM FOOT INJURY • Grace Mitchell continued in her role as a strong contributor off the bench during non-conference playasajunior.The6-2forwardfromWellington,Kan.,hasaveraged1.3pointsand1.4reboundsin12gamesthisseason.ShemissedNebraska’sfirsttwoBigTengamesagainstMichigan(Dec.28)andatOhioState(Dec.31)withanaggingfootinjurybutreturnedoffthebenchatIowa(Jan.3). • Mitchell scored six points and tied her career high with six rebounds in NU’s win over USC Upstate (Nov.11).ShehitallthreeofhershotsfromthefieldagainsttheSpartans. • Mitchell played in 29 games with two starts as a sophomore, after appearing in 29 games as a freshman.

2018-19 BIG TEN STANDINGSTeam Overall (Big Ten)#25 Indiana 14-1 (3-0)Rutgers 10-3 (3-0)#9 Maryland 13-1 (2-1)Nebraska 7-7 (2-1)Northwestern 9-5 (2-1)Purdue 11-5 (2-1)#17 Iowa 10-3 (1-1)#18 Minnesota 12-2 (1-2)#23 Michigan State 11-3 (1-2)Michigan 10-5 (1-2)Wisconsin 10-5 (1-2)Illinois 9-5 (1-2)Penn State 8-7 (1-3)Ohio State 4-8 (0-3)

PRESEASON ALL-BIG TENHannah Whitish, Jr., G, NebraskaAlex Wittinger, Sr., F, IllinoisKathleen Doyle, Jr., G, IowaMegan Gustafson, Sr., F, IowaKaila Charles, Jr., G, MarylandHallie Thome, Sr., C, MichiganShay Colley, Jr., G, Michigan StateKenisha Bell, Sr., G, MinnesotaPallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, Sr., F, NorthwesternTeniya Page, Sr., G, Penn StateAe’Rianna Harris, Jr., F, PurdueDominique Oden, Jr., G, Purdue

PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEARMegan Gustafson, Sr., F, Iowa

BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEKNov. 12 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., IowaNov. 19 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., IowaNov. 26 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., IowaDec. 3 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., IowaDec. 10 - Jenna Allen, Sr., Michigan StateDec. 17 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., IowaDec. 24 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., IowaDec. 31 - Jenna Allen, Sr., Michigan StateJan. 7 - Megan Gustafson, Sr., Iowa

BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEKNov. 12 - Shakira Austin, MarylandNov. 19 - Shakira Austin, MarylandNov. 26 - Imani Lewis, NorthwesternDec. 3 - Dorka Juhász, Ohio StateDec. 10 - Naz Hillmon, MichiganDec. 17 - Naz Hillmon, Michigan Shakira Austin, MarylandDec. 24 - Shakira Austin, MarylandDec. 31 - Nia Clouden, Michigan StateJan. 7 - Leigha Brown, Nebraska

BIG TEN SCHEDULEMonday, Jan. 7Wisconsin at Iowa, 7 p.m. [BTN Plus]

Tuesday, Jan. 8Northwestern at Michigan, 6 p.m. [BTN Plus]Maryland at Nebraska, 7 p.m. [BTN Plus]

Wednesday, Jan. 9Minnesota at Michigan State, 6 p.m. [BTN Plus]Rutgers at Illinois, 7 p.m. [BTN Plus]

Thursday, Jan. 10Indiana at Ohio State, 5 p.m. [BTN]Iowa at Purdue, 7 p.m. [BTN]

Saturday, Jan. 12Illinois at Penn State, 1 p.m. [BTN Plus]Michigan at Maryland, 3:30 p.m. [BTN]

Sunday, Jan. 13Rutgers at Nebraska, 2 p.m. [BTN]Indiana at Wisconsin, 2 p.m. [BTN Plus]Purdue at Northwestern, 4 p.m. [BTN]

(#5) Nicea Eliely, 6-1, Jr., Guard/Forward


NU CAREER 20-POINT GAMESHannah Whitish (4)at Drake (12/9/17) 29at Kansas (12/6/17) 29Michigan State (2/26/17) 24at Illinois (1/10/18) 20

Taylor Kissinger (2)Arkansas (11/16/17) 25USC Upstate (11/11/18) 22

Kate Cain (1)Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) - triple-double 22

Leigha Brown (1)at Iowa (1/3/19) 20

Sam Haiby (1)at Washington State (11/16/18) 20

Maddie Simon (1)at San Jose State (12/17/17) 20

NU CAREER DOUBLE FIGURE GAMESPlayer (Years) Games1. Hannah Whitish (2017-present) 392. Maddie Simon (2016-present) 25 Nicea Eliely (2017-present) 254. Kate Cain (2018-present) 205. Taylor Kissinger (2018-present) 176. Sam Haiby (2019-present) 77. Leigha Brown (2019-present) 68. Ashtyn Veerbeek (2019-present) 49. Grace Mitchell (2017-present) 1

HUSKER DOUBLE-DOUBLESPlayer (Years) Double-Doubles1. Kate Cain (2018-present) 7 (1 triple-double)2. Taylor Kissinger (2018-present) 23. Ashtyn Veerbeek (2019-present) 1

HUSKER FRESHMAN SEASONBLOCKED SHOTSPlayer (Years) Blocks1. Kate Cain (2017-18, 32 games) 1002. Janet Smith (1978-79, 34 games) 543. Kathy Hagerstrom (1979-80, 40 games) 42

NEBRASKA SEASON BLOCKED SHOTSPlayer (Years) Blocks1. Kate Cain (2017-18) 1002. Danielle Page (2007-08) 783. Catheryn Redmon (2010-11) 77

NEBRASKA CAREERBLOCKED SHOTSPlayer (Years) Blocks1. Janet Smith (1979-82) 2382. Catheryn Redmon (2008-11) 2163. Danielle Page (2005-08) 2074. Kate Cain (2018-present) 1355. Charlie Rogers (1997-00) 126

MOST BLOCKS IN A GAMEBY A HUSKER FRESHMANPlayer, Game Blocks1. Kate Cain vs. FAU, Dec. 19, 2017 (NU record) 11 2. Kate Cain vs. Michigan, March 2, 2018 73. Kate Cain vs. Clemson, Nov. 30, 2017 6 Janet Smith vs. Okla. St., Jan. 12, 1979 6 Jeanne Boller vs. Wichita St., Feb. 5, 1977 6 6. Kate Cain vs. Iowa, Jan. 16, 2017 5 Kate Cain at Northwestern, Jan. 7, 2017 5 Kate Cain at Kansas, Dec. 6, 2017 5

• She averaged 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds as a sophomore in 2017-18, including a career-high 10 points to go along with three rebounds in a win over UMKC (Nov. 14, 2017). • Mitchelladdedanine-point,five-reboundperformancein16minutesoffthebenchatSanJoseState (Dec. 17, 2017). •Shehadfourfirst-halfpointstogoalongwithacareer-highsixreboundsin11minutesoffthebench in Nebraska’s win over Arkansas (Nov. 16, 2017). •MitchellmadeherfirstcareerstartagainstCreighton(Nov.19,2017)inplaceofMaddieSimonwhowasinjuredinpregamewarmups.Mitchellhadsevenpointson3-of-6shootingandfivereboundsin a season-high 20 minutes. • She also started in a win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24, 2017). She had four points and three rebounds against the Chanticleers. •MitchellearnedAcademicAll-BigTenhonorsforthefirsttimein2018.

2018-19 SCHEDULE PROVIDES CHALLENGES • Nebraska’s 29-game regular-season schedule will feature 18 games against 2018 postseason tournamentqualifiers(NCAA,WNIT),including12contestsagainst2018NCAATournamentteams. • NineofNebraska’s14roadgameswillcomeagainstpostseasonqualifiers,includingsevengamesagainst NCAA Tournament teams. • NineofNebraska’s15homegameswillfeatureopponentswhoqualifiedfor2018postseasonplay,includingfiveNCAATournamentqualifiers. • Nebraska is facing a tough road schedule in 2018-19, including a trip to 2018 NCAA Women’s FinalFourqualifierLouisvillefortheACC/BigTenChallenge(Nov.29).ThegameagainsttheACCChampionCardinalswasthefourthofafive-gameroadtripthatstartedatWashingtonState(Nov.16) - a team that has defeated Nebraska each of the last three seasons. • TheHuskersheadedacrossthecountrytoface2018NCAATournamentqualifierMiamiatitsThanksgiving tournament (Nov. 23), before closing the tournament with a 77-39 win over 2018 Big South runner-up Radford, which advanced to the 2018 WNIT second round with a win at Penn State. • AfterthegameatLouisville(Nov.29),theHuskersclosedtheirfive-gameroadtripwithin-staterival Creighton (Dec. 2). The Jays advanced to the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament with a win over Iowa at UCLA. • While Nebraska’s road schedule grabs headlines, the Huskers’ home schedule should provide plenty of challenges and opportunities, especially with a nine-game Big Ten home slate. • Nebraska’s 14-game regular-season home schedule features NCAA Tournament-caliber competitionfromstarttofinish.TheHuskersopenedtheseasonwithDrake(Nov.7),whichhasearnedback-to-back NCAA Tournament bids and has been unbeaten in Missouri Valley Conference play the last two seasons. • After opening the season with back-to-back home games against Drake (Nov. 7) and USC Upstate (Nov.11),theHuskersplayfivestraightontheroadbeforefacingoldBigEight/Big12rivalKansasatPinnacle Bank Arena (Dec. 5). • The win over Kansas started a perfect three-game home stand that included wins over San Jose State (Dec. 8) and Denver (Dec. 15). • Nebraska’s nine-game home Big Ten schedule began with a 70-56 win over 2018 NCAA Tournament qualifierMichigan(Dec.28).TheHuskersfaceunbeatenandNo.4Maryland(Jan.8)nextathomebefore taking traditional power Rutgers (Jan. 13). The Scarlet Knights matched Nebraska’s 14-game turnaroundinthewincolumnlastyearandjustmissedtheNCAATournament. • TheBigRedbattle2018NCAAqualifierMinnesota(Jan.20),beforetakingonNorthwestern(Jan.24) and 2018 WNIT champion Indiana (Feb. 3). The Huskers collide with Purdue in the annual pink game (Feb. 10), before facing Michigan State (Feb. 17). Both Purdue and Michigan State advanced to the 2018 WNIT. • Nebraska wraps up its regular-season home schedule by taking on 2018 NCAA Tournament qualifierIowaonSeniorNight(Feb.25). • In Big Ten road play, NU opened with a 78-69 win over defending conference champion and NCAATournamentqualifierOhioState(Dec.31),beforelosingatNo.19Iowa(Jan.3). • NU faces Illinois (Jan. 17) and Wisconsin (Jan. 27) before closing January at Purdue (Jan. 31). • Nebraska completes its season series at Michigan (Feb. 7), before wrapping up season series at Maryland (Feb. 14) and Northwestern (Feb. 21). • The Huskers close the regular season at Penn State (March 2). The Lady Lions advanced to the 2018 WNIT.

NEBRASKA’S HISTORY OF HOME SUCCESS • Nebraska had its streak of 12 consecutive season-opening wins snapped with an 83-77 loss to current top-25 team and two-time defending Missouri Valley Conference champion Drake on Nov. 7. However, the Huskers still have an outstanding history of success at home, including a 5-1 record at Pinnacle Bank Arena to open 2018-19. • TheHuskerswere10-6athomein2017-18,winningfiveoftheirfinalsixhomegames. • The Huskers went 15-4 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2015-16 after going 12-3 (13-3 at home) in 2014-15. The Huskers are 65-25 (.722) all-time at Pinnacle Bank Arena since the building opened for the 2013-14 campaign. The Big Red went 16-2 at home in 2013-14, suffering their only Big Ten loss to Purdue, 77-75, on Jan. 19, 2014. NU’s 16 home wins in 2013-14 tied the school record for single-season home victories.


• TheHuskersplayedthefirstregular-seasongamearenahistoryagainstUSATodayNo.25UCLA(Nov.8,2013)androlledtoa77-49winovertheBruins.NU’sfirstwinoveranAPTop25teamcamewitha76-56winoverNo.24MichiganStateonFeb.8,2014.TheHuskersaddedtheirfirst-everwinover an AP Top 10 team at the arena with a 94-74 victory over No. 8 Penn State on Feb. 24, 2014. • NUwon its first-everBigTenhomegameat PinnacleBankArenawith a 66-65 thrilleroverNorthwesternJan.2,2014,beforean88-85winoverMinnesotaonJan.16,2014,markedthefirstovertime game. • NUsuffereditsfirstlossatthearenatoWashingtonState(76-72)onNov.30,2013. • The Huskers are 454-155 (.745) all-time at home. The Huskers have gone 190-59 (.763) over the last16seasons(including2018-19),postingdouble-figurehomevictorytotals14times. • Nebraska played in the Devaney Center from 1976-77 through 2012-13, and added one appearance at Devaney against Utah on Nov. 23, 2014. The Huskers own a 389-130 record at the Devaney Center, including 146-88 (.624) mark in conference play.

NEBRASKA RANKS NEAR TOP IN ATTENDANCE • Nebraska ranked No. 20 nationally with an average home attendance of 4,380 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2017-18. It marked the eighth consecutive year that the Huskers have ranked in the top 25 nationally in average home attendance. •Nebraskahasrankedamongthetop20nationallyinaveragehomeattendanceineachofitsfirstfiveseasonsinsidePinnacleBankArena. • In 90 all-time home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena, the Huskers own a 65-25 record (.722 winning percentage) while averaging 5,247 fans per game (472,262 total fans/90 games). • Nebraska attracted a Pinnacle Bank Arena non-conference record crowd of 9,750 to open its stay in the arena with a win over UCLA on Nov. 8, 2013. • Nebraska set its all-time single-game record with a sellout crowd of 13,595 fans against Missouri at the Devaney Center on Feb. 27, 2010. NU drew 10 straight crowds of more than 10,000 fans at the Devaney Center in 2009-10. • Nebraska produced its top attendance season in school history by ranking No. 7 nationally with a record 7,390 fans per game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2009-10. The Huskers went 16-0 at the Devaney Center on their way to a perfect 29-0 record, a Big 12 title and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

HUSKER SPORTS NETWORK COVERS WORLD The Husker Sports Network enters its 25th season producing and marketing the live broadcasts of Nebraska women’s basketball in 2018-19. Women’s basketball play-by-play announcer Matt Coatney and color commentator Jeff Griesch will team up for their 18th season together as the Husker broadcast team. The Husker Sports Network and Nebraska women’s basketball have teamed up for well over a decade to take every game, home and away, around the world for free on Huskers.com. In addition to carrying every women’s basketball game free on Huskers.com, the Husker Sports NetworkflagshipstationsB107.3FM-KBBK(Lincoln)andESPN590AM-KXSP(Omaha)providestrongsignalsforHuskerwomen’sbasketball.WhenanetworkconflictoccursinOmaha,theHuskersalsocould be heard on CD105.9 FM-KKCD. 880-AM-KRVN (Lexington) also provides a huge AM signal statewide in central Nebraska, while more than 20 stations carry the Husker Sports Network’s women’s basketball coverage across the state and the Midwest. Inside Pinnacle Bank Arena, fans can access the direct radio call of the game at 87.7 FM.

NEBRASKA OVERTIME FACTS • Nebraska is 22-23 all-time in overtime games, including 12-11 at home, 7-9 in true road games and 3-3 on neutral courts in overtime. • The Huskers are 0-1 in overtime early in 2018-19, following an 87-84 double-overtime loss at Washington State (Nov. 16). It marked the second straight season that Nebraska had participated in a multi-overtime game (also at Drake, Dec. 9, 2017). • The Huskers went 1-1 in overtime in 2017-18, including a 69-64 overtime loss to No. 23 Michigan atPinnacleBankArena(Jan.13).TheHuskerswontheirfirstovertimegameof2017-18withan89-85double-overtime win at Drake (Dec. 9). • Nebraska was 1-1 in overtime in 2016-17, including a 76-74 win over Michigan State at Pinnacle Bank Arena to close the regular season (Feb. 26, 2017). The Huskers lost 79-69 in OT to Minnesota at the arena (Feb. 4, 2017). • The Huskers are 2-3 in overtime games under Coach Amy Williams. • Nebraska is 2-2 in overtime games at Pinnacle Bank Arena. • Nebraska is 5-2 in multi-overtime games with its most recent loss coming in the 87-84 2OT setback at Washington State (Nov. 16) in Pullman. NU’s only other loss in a multi-overtime game came to Purdue in the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game, 74-70 in double-overtime. •TheHuskersdefeatedMinnesota88-85inovertimeonJan.16,2014.ItmarkedthefirstovertimegameinthehistoryofPinnacleBankArena.Nebraska’sfirstovertimegameinthehistoryoftheBobDevaney Sports Center also came against Minnesota - a 68-67 win for the Huskers on Dec. 30, 1977. • The Huskers have played 13 all-time overtime games against Big Ten opponents and own a 5-8 record.NUis4-5againstBigTenopponentsinOTsincejoiningtheconferencein2011-12. • Nebraska’s most frequent overtime opponents are Purdue, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri. The Huskers and Purdue have played three overtime games in 10 all-time meetings. NU’s six total overtimes against Purdue are the most against any team in school history. • The Huskers also have played three overtime games against Minnesota, including two of the three overtime games in Pinnacle Bank Arena history.

NEBRASKA IN BIG TEN STATISTICSTEAM (Thru Games Jan. 6, 2019)Scoring Offense - 4th (76.8 ppg)Scoring Defense - 13th (70.4 ppg)Scoring Margin - 12th (+6.4 ppg)Free Throw Pct. - 6th (.716) Field Goal Pct. - 7th (.433)Field Goal Pct. Defense - 9th (.394)3FG Pct. - 4th (.351)3FG Pct. Defense - 8th (.321)Total Rebounds - 5th (41.9 rpg)Rebounds Allowed - 12th (37.9 rpg)Rebound Margin - 10th (+3.9 rpg)Blocked Shots - 7th (4.6 bpg)Assists - 4th (16.8 apg)Steals - 8th (7.4 spg)Turnover Margin - 10th (-0.4 pg)Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - 5th (1.1)Offensive Rebounds - 7th (12.6 rpg)Defensive Rebounds - 3rd (29.2 rpg)Offensive Rebound Pct. - 9th (.329)Defensive Rebound Pct. - 5th (.715)3FG Made - 2nd (7.6 pg)

INDIVIDUAL (Thru games Jan. 6, 2019)Scoring - Sam Haiby - 32nd (10.7 ppg)Rebounding - Ashtyn Veerbeek - 15th (6.5 rpg) - Kate Cain - 16th (6.4 rpg)Defensive Rebounds - Kate Cain - 14th (4.9 rpg) - Ashtyn Veerbeek - 14th (4.9 rpg)Blocked Shots - Kate Cain - 4th (2.5 bpg)3FG Pct. - Taylor Kissinger - 1st (.477)3FG Made - Taylor Kissinger - 4th (2.2 pg) - Hannah Whitish - 8th (1.8 pg)FT Pct. - Leigha Brown - 5th (.804) - Sam Haiby - 15th (.714) Assists - Hannah Whitish - 14th (4.0 apg)Assist-to-Turnover - Hannah Whitish - 9th (1.6)Steals - Nicea Eliely - 11th (1.4 spg)

NEBRASKA IN NCAA RANKINGSTEAM (Thru Games Jan. 6, 2019)Win-Loss Pct. - 184th (.500)Scoring Offense - 39th (76.8 ppg)Scoring Defense - 290th (70.4 ppg)Scoring Margin - 117th (+6.4 ppg)FG Pct. - 73rd (.433)FG Pct. Defense - 169th (.394)FT Pct. - 95th (.716)Rebounds Per Game - 55th (41.9)Rebound Margin - 94th (+3.9 rpg)3FG Per Game - 67th (7.6 pg)3FG Pct. - 56th - (.351)3FG Pct. Defense - 227th (.321)Assists Per Game - 42nd (16.8 apg)Assist-to-Turnover Ratio - 59th (1.06)Turnovers Per Game - 146th (15.8 pg)Turnover Margin - 208th (-0.43 pg)Fewest Turnovers - 193rd (221)Steals Per Game - 219th (7.4 spg)Blocked Shots - 35th (65)Blocked Shots Per Game - 40th (4.6 bpg)Personal Fouls Per Game - 284th (19.9 pg)Fewest Fouls - 315th (278)

INDIVIDUAL (Top 150 rankings, Jan. 6)Assists - Hannah Whitish - 123rd (56)Blocked Shots Per Game - Kate Cain - 17th (2.50 bpg)Blocked Shots - Kate Cain - 11th (35)3FG Pct. - Taylor Kissinger - 17th (.469)3FG Made - Taylor Kissinger - 132nd (30)FT Pct. - Leigha Brown - 116th (.804)


• In 14 all-time games with Wisconsin the Huskers have played three overtime contests. • Nebraska has never played back-to-back overtime games at home. The Huskers have played back-to-back overtime games only once in school history, an 83-81 loss to Texas A&M in College Station on Dec. 30, 1985, before returning to Lincoln for an 80-75 win over Eastern Kentucky at the Devaney Center on Jan. 2, 1986.

BOOSTERS PLAN BIG TEN BUS TRIP TO WISCONSIN • Husker fans who would like an opportunity to follow the Nebraska women’s basketball team on the road during Big Ten Conference play have a pair of opportunities coming up in January. • Nebraska’s second booster bus trip of the season will include an overnight stay in Wisconsin, round-trip bus transportation and a game ticket for Nebraska’s game against the Badgers on Sunday, Jan. 27. •ThebuswillleavefromLincolnonSaturday,Jan.26at8a.m.Huskerfanswillenjoyahotelstayat The Graduate on Saturday night ($220/person or $160/person double-occupancy), transportation, game tickets and food as part of the package. Tip at Wisconsin on Sunday, Jan. 27, is set for 2 p.m., and the bus will return to Lincoln immediately following the game with an expected arrival around 2 a.m. (Monday). • To book your trip or for more information, contact Doug Fry at (402) 617-7039.

HUSKERS SIGN THREE IN EARLY PERIOD • Coach Amy Williams and the Nebraska women’s basketball program received National Letters of IntentfromthreeoutstandingyoungplayersonthefirstdayoftheearlysigningperiodonWednesday,Nov. 14, 2018. • Australian Isabelle Bourne brings an impressive international resume’ with her to Nebraska. The 6-2 forward won a pair of gold medals in 2017 while representing Australia at the Oceania Championship in Guam and at the FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup 3-on-3 tournament in Mongolia. • “Isabelle Bourne will be a fantastic addition to our program,” Williams said. “She has been training with high-level coaches and high-level players at the Australian Institute of Sport and has become a skilled and versatile forward. She is crafty around the basket and effective as a weapon on the perimeter. Her experiences competing internationally for Australia have prepared her to transition seamlessly to Nebraska.” • Trinity Brady, a 5-11 guard from Indianapolis, was one of the top players in Indiana at Lawrence North High School in 2017-18, before transferring to national power Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga, Tenn., for her senior season. Brady is a big, powerful guard who has the potentialtobeastrongrebounderandpotentscorerattheBigTenlevel.AsajunioratLawrenceNorth, she earned a spot on the IBCA Subway Supreme 15 Underclass All-State Team after averaging 21.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. • “WearethrilledthatTrinityBradywillbejoiningtheNebraskawomen’sbasketballfamilyandliving out her dream to play in the Big Ten Conference,” Williams said. “She spends a great deal of time in the gym working on her game, and it shows in her skill level. She is dangerous with the ball in her hands and can score comfortably at all three levels. Her size and strength combined with her basketball IQ, make her a valuable addition for our program.” • While Bourne and Brady will provide Nebraska with size and strength, guard Makenzie Helms is expectedtobeaplay-makeratthepoint.Helmsaveraged17.5pointsand7.2assistsasajunioratEast Haven High School to earn a spot on the USA Today All-Connecticut team. She was ranked as the No. 27 point guard in the class of 2019 by ESPN. • “We are excited to add Makenzie to the Husker women’s basketball family,” Williams said. “She has incredible court vision and creates offense for her teammates with tempo and passing ability.Combiningthatwithherconfidentscoringmentalityandherabilitytoscoreatallthreelevels,Makenzieisagreatfitfortheversatilitywelikeinoursystem.Sheisanintensecompetitor,andweareeagertohaveherfightingfortheHuskers.”

NEBRASKA POSTS 14TH STRAIGHT PERFECT GSR In the eyes of the NCAA’s Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR), the Husker women’s basketball program has been perfect for 14 consecutive years. Nebraska is the only program among the 14 Big Ten Conference schools to accomplish the perfect score for 14 straight seasons. The NCAA announced the release of its annual Graduation Success Rate report on Nov. 14, 2018, and Nebraska was a national leader in women’s basketball for the 14th straight season, dating back to the initial public tracking of the GSR since 2004-05. TheNebraskawomen’sbasketballprogramjoinstheHuskerwomen’stennisandvolleyballprogramsas Husker teams that have produced perfect 100 percent rates each of the last 14 years. Nebraskawasoneofjust28teamsinthe64-teamfieldofthe2018NCAATournamenttoalsoboast a 100 percent Graduation Success Rate. Overall, the Nebraska Athletic Department produced a record-high GSR for the sixth consecutive year,reaching90percentforthefirsttimeinschoolhistory.NineHuskerprogramsrecordedperfect100percentGSRscores, includingwomen’sbasketball,volleyball,softball,soccer,rifle,men’sandwomen’s gymnastics and men’s and women’s tennis.

NEBRASKA’S MOST IMPROVEDWOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMSNebraska put together one of its most improved campaigns from one season to the next in school history under head coach Amy Williams in 2017-18.

Only six teams in school history have produced double-digit improvements in the win column from one season to the next, including the 2009-10 NCAA Sweet 16 and Big 12 Championship team that went 29-0 in the regular season and earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament after going 15-16 the previous season.

Season Previous +Wins1. 2009-10 (32-2) 2008-09 (15-16) +172. 2017-18 (21-9) 2016-17 (7-22) +143. 1975-76 (21-9) 1974-75 (9-7) +124. 2011-12 (24-9) 2010-11 (13-18) +11 1978-79 (23-13) 1977-78 (12-14) +116. 2003-04 (18-12) 2002-03 (8-20) +107. 1990-91 (17-11) 1989-90 (10-18) +78. 1995-96 (19-10) 1994-95 (13-14) +6 1987-88 (22-7) 1986-87 (16-13) +610. 1986-87 (16-13) 1985-86 (11-17) +5

NEBRASKA TEAM SEASON BLOCKSSeason Blocked Shots1. 2017-18 1632. 1979-80 1473. 2007-08 1384. 2009-10 1265. 1998-99 1216. 2010-11 1187. 2001-02 1168. 2000-01 1099. 1999-00 10510. 2015-16 104

NEBRASKA NCAA APPEARANCES14 Appearances, 21 Games (8-14 Record)Season (Sd.) Opponent Site Result2018 (10) vs. (7) Arizona St. Austin, Texas L, 62-732015 (9) vs. (8) Syracuse Columbia, S.C. L, 69-722014 (4) vs. (12) BYU Los Angeles, Calif. L, 76-802014 (4) vs. (13) Fresno St. Los Angeles, Calif. W, 74-552013 (6) vs. (2) Duke Norfolk, Va. L, 45-532013 (6) at (3) Texas A&M College Station, Texas W, 74-632013 (6) vs. (11) Chattanooga College Station, Texas W, 73-592012 (6) vs. (11) Kansas Little Rock L, 49-572010 (1) vs. (4) Kentucky Kansas City L, 67-762010 (1) vs. (8) UCLA Minneapolis W, 83-702010 (1) vs. (16) Northern Iowa Minneapolis W, 83-442008 (8) at (1) Maryland College Park, Md. L, 64-762008 (8) vs. (9) Xavier College Park, Md. W, 61-582007 (9) vs. (8) Temple Raleigh, N.C. L, 61-642000 (12) vs. (5) Boston College Charlottesville, Va. L, 76-931999 (11) vs. (6) Kentucky Los Angeles L, 92-981998 (9) at (1) Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. L, 60-751998 (9) vs. (8) New Mexico Norfolk, Va. W, 76-591996 (9) vs. (8) Colo. St. Stanford, Calif. L, 62-661993 (6) at (3) USC Los Angeles L, 60-781993 (6) vs. (11) San Diego Lincoln W, 81-581988 (5) at (4) USC Los Angeles L, 82-100


The 2018-19 Nebraska Women’s Basketball Team - Back row (from left): Strength Coach Stuart Hart, Assistant Coach Tom Goehle, Director of Operations Amanda Hart, Grace Mitchell, Kayla Mershon, Kate Cain, Maddie Simon, Ashtyn Veerbeek, Assistant Coach Tandem Mays, Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator Katie Adams, Assistant Coach Chuck Love. Front row (from left): Head Coach Amy Williams, Leigha Brown, Kristian Hudson, Hannah Whitish, Sam Haiby, Taylor Kissinger, Nicea Eliely, Athletic Traincer Ashley Rudolph.

Rebounds

Player G-GS Min-Avg. FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot/Avg. PF-D A TO BK ST TP/Avg.

4-Sam Haiby 14-0 317-22.6 54-124 .435 7-26 .269 35-49 .714 18-29 47/3.4 22-0 39 19 1 13 150/10.732-Leigha Brown 14-0 247-17.6 44-100 .440 16-48 .333 41-51 .804 13-19 32/2.3 33-1 18 13 0 10 145/10.433-Taylor Kissinger 14-14 339-24.2 43-99 .434 31-65 .477 14-14 1.000 20-34 54/3.9 32-0 26 18 2 13 131/9.45-Nicea Eliely 14-14 328-23.4 41-79 .519 12-27 .444 27-34 .794 14-49 63/4.5 36-0 36 28 6 20 121/8.63-Hannah Whitish 14-13 395-28.2 40-120 .333 25-76 .329 16-22 .727 4-32 36/2.6 16-0 56 36 1 16 121/8.624-Maddie Simon 14-14 283-20.2 48-102 .471 7-23 .304 17-27 .630 10-47 57/4.1 19-0 19 39 2 7 120/8.613-Ashtyn Veerbeek 14-0 245-17.5 40-91 .440 6-22 .273 26-33 .788 23-68 91/6.5 45-2 6 25 12 6 112/8.031-Kate Cain 14-14 308-22.0 53-97 .546 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 22-68 90/6.4 38-3 14 18 35 7 109/7.844-Kayla Mershon 14-0 197-14.1 12-40 .300 1-9 .111 9-18 .500 14-21 35/2.5 17-0 10 5 4 6 34/2.412-Kristian Hudson 7-1 101-14.4 6-26 .231 2-7 .286 3-7 .429 3-8 11/1.6 6-0 8 10 0 3 17/2.414-Grace Mitchell 12-0 90-7.5 6-16 .375 0-2 .000 3-8 .375 9-8 17/1.4 13-0 3 7 2 3 15/1.3Team 27-26 53/3.8 3

Total 14 2850 387-894 .433 107-305 .351 194-271 .716 177-409 586/41.9 278-6 235 221 65 104 1075/76.8

Opponents 14 2850 346-878 .394 104-324 .321 190-269 .706 163-368 531/37.9 243-3 183 214 56 112 986/70.4

Score by Periods 1 2 3 4 OT OT Total Deadball Rebounds

Nebraska 244 231 257 329 8 6 1,075 37Opponents 210 258 257 244 8 9 986 40

OVERALL RECORD: 7-7 HOME: 5-1 AWAY: 1-6 NEUTRAL: 1-0

2018-19 OVERALL SEASON STATISTICS


OVERALL RECORD: 7-7 BIG TEN: 2-1 HOME: 5-1 AWAY: 1-6 NEUTRAL: 1-0

Date Opponent W/L Score Home Away Neutral Total Big Ten Att. High Points High Rebounds High Assists11/7 Drake L 77-83 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 3,738 (13) Haiby (7) Cain (4) Whitish (7) Veerbeek 11/11 USC Upstate W 87-64 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 3,638 (22) Kissinger (6) Eliely (6) Eliely (6) Mitchell11/16 at Washington St. L 84-87 2OT 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 535 (20) Haiby (10) Cain (4) Whitish11/23 at #24 Miami+ L 68-82 1-1 0-2 0-0 1-3 0-0 730 (14) Haiby (5) Eliely (3) Kissinger (5) Haiby11/25 vs. Radford+ W 77-39 1-1 0-2 1-0 2-3 0-0 425 (13) Brown (9) Veerbeek (5) Whitish (13) Simon (13) Veerbeek11/29 at #5 Louisville% L 68-85 1-1 0-3 1-0 2-4 0-0 7,334 (16) Simon (10) Cain (3) Eliely (3) Whitish 12/2 at Creighton L 65-74 1-1 0-4 1-0 2-5 0-0 1,533 (17) Haiby (8) Eliely (6) Whitish12/5 Kansas W 58-52 2-1 0-4 1-0 3-5 0-0 3,688 (11) Kissinger (11) Kissinger (3) Haiby (11) Whitish (11) Veerbeek (3) Whitish12/8 San Jose State W 96-63 3-1 0-4 1-0 4-5 0-0 3,601 (18) Brown (17) Cain (8) Whitish12/15 Denver W 96-71 4-1 0-4 1-0 5-5 0-0 3,703 (18) Kissinger (6) Haiby (8) Haiby (6) Kissinger12/18 at Arkansas L 80-84 4-1 0-5 1-0 5-6 0-0 1,335 (16) Haiby (6) Simon (3) Kissinger (3) Whitish12/28 Michigan* W 70-56 5-1 0-5 1-0 6-6 1-0 4,450 (14) Eliely (6) Eliely (3) Eliely (6) Cain (3) Mershon (3) Whitish 12/31 at Ohio State* W 78-69 5-1 1-5 1-0 7-6 2-0 5,530 (19) Brown (6) Cain (5) Whitish (6) Eliely1/3 at #19 Iowa* L 71-77 5-1 1-6 1-0 7-7 2-1 4,391 (20) Brown (9) Veerbeek (5) Eliely

AP Ranking at game time listed before team+ Miami Thanksgiving Classic (Coral Gables, Fla.)% ACC/Big Ten Challenge game* Big Ten Conference game# Big Ten Tournament game (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.)

Home Attendance (Avg.) -- 22,818 (3,803)Road Attendance (Avg.) -- 21,813 (3,055)Neutral Attendance (Avg.) -- 425 (425)Total Attendance (Avg.) -- 45,056 (3,218)

2018-19 GAME RESULTS


Game FG FGA PCT 3FGM 3FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT PF A TO BS ST TP Nebraska 27 66 .409 10 28 .357 13 17 .765 16 24 40 24 16 20 5 9 77Drake 26 65 .400 11 28 .393 20 29 .690 19 25 44 19 18 17 3 10 83Nebraska 34 64 .531 11 24 .458 8 10 .800 12 30 42 16 29 15 6 10 87USC Upstate 23 60 .383 6 22 .273 12 13 .923 8 19 27 16 10 14 1 9 64Nebraska 31 73 .425 7 17 .412 15 19 .789 13 31 44 23 14 15 6 7 84at Washington State 31 68 .456 9 22 .409 16 24 .667 12 28 40 17 13 15 8 11 87Nebraska 25 59 .424 9 25 .360 9 13 .692 9 26 35 15 16 19 2 6 68at #24 Miami 31 71 .437 9 31 .290 11 15 .733 17 27 44 16 13 13 3 14 82Nebraska 31 65 .477 5 14 .357 10 16 .625 13 33 46 15 17 9 3 7 77vs. Radford 16 65 .246 1 16 .063 6 9 .667 17 24 41 10 2 13 5 0 39Nebraska 22 52 .423 6 18 .333 18 24 .750 6 27 33 21 14 23 4 4 68at #5 Louisville 33 64 .516 7 20 .350 12 20 .600 9 26 35 17 17 15 4 11 85Nebraska 22 62 .355 2 22 .091 19 27 .704 13 26 39 24 9 13 3 3 65at Creighton 24 54 .444 5 21 .238 21 24 .875 6 32 38 22 16 16 4 5 74Nebraska 21 64 .328 6 17 .353 10 18 .556 24 40 64 14 11 22 10 9 58Kansas 19 75 .253 8 37 .216 6 11 .545 19 24 43 19 12 11 5 15 52Nebraska 41 80 .513 10 27 .370 4 11 .364 22 34 56 12 27 15 5 8 96San Jose State 23 62 .371 11 26 .423 6 8 .750 6 22 28 12 15 15 4 6 63Nebraska 34 67 .507 7 25 .280 21 27 .778 9 30 39 23 27 11 4 10 96Denver 23 59 .390 10 24 .417 15 26 .577 8 27 35 20 11 16 2 5 71Nebraska 28 61 .459 9 21 .429 15 23 .652 8 33 41 24 13 15 6 7 80at Arkansas 27 67 .403 13 37 .351 17 23 .739 8 29 37 20 16 10 3 8 84Nebraska 22 60 .367 9 24 .375 17 21 .810 8 30 38 22 14 15 5 7 70Michigan 20 53 .377 2 10 .200 14 22 .636 7 32 39 21 6 23 4 5 56Nebraska 25 59 .424 7 22 .318 21 28 .750 13 20 33 22 14 12 2 9 78at Ohio State 20 54 .370 8 18 .444 21 25 .840 16 23 39 21 13 20 3 6 69Nebraska 24 62 .387 9 21 .429 14 17 .824 11 25 36 23 14 17 4 8 71at #19 Iowa 30 61 .492 4 12 .333 13 20 .650 11 30 41 14 21 17 7 7 77

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME LINESCORES


Rebounds

Player G-GS Min-Avg. FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Tot/Avg. PF-D A TO BK ST TP/Avg.

32-Leigha Brown 3-0 55-18.3 13-28 .464 6-12 .500 18-22 .818 2-7 9/3.0 9-1 5 2 0 3 50/16.75-Nicea Eliely 3-3 72-24.0 9-14 .643 4-5 .800 11-13 .846 3-9 12/4.0 9-0 9 6 0 6 33/11.024-Maddie Simon 3-3 59-19.7 12-22 .545 2-8 .250 4-7 .571 3-7 10/3.3 4-0 3 11 0 0 30/10.03-Hannah Whitish 3-3 98-32.7 10-33 .303 6-18 .333 4-4 1.000 0-5 5/1.7 3-0 9 5 0 5 30/10.0 4-Sam Haiby 3-0 70-23.3 10-27 .370 2-4 .500 7-10 .700 2-7 9/3.0 6-0 7 3 0 3 29/9.733-Taylor Kissinger 3-3 65-21.7 7-20 .350 4-13 .308 0-0 .000 2-3 5-1.7 8-0 1 3 0 4 18/6.013-Ashtyn Veerbeek 3-0 57-19.0 5-13 .385 1-4 .250 4-4 1.000 3-15 18/6.0 9-0 2 4 1 0 15/5.031-Kate Cain 3-3 58-19.3 3-12 .250 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 3-10 13/4.3 12-1 3 5 8 2 8/2.744-Kayla Mershon 3-0 64-21.3 2-11 .182 0-3 .000 2-3 .667 6-4 10/3.3 6-0 3 3 1 1 6/2.014-Grace Mitchell 1-0 2-2.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1/1.0 1-0 0 1 1 0 0/0.0Team 8-7 15/5.0 1

Total 3 600 71-181 .392 25-67 .373 52-66 .788 32-75 107/35.7 67-2 42 44 11 24 219/73.0

Opponents 3 600 70-168 .417 14-40 .350 48-67 .716 34-85 119/39.7 55-1 40 60 14 18 202/67.3

Score by Periods 1 2 3 4 Total Deadball Rebounds

Nebraska 41 58 38 82 219 7Opponents 50 54 51 47 202 8

BIG TEN RECORD: 2-1 HOME: 1-0 AWAY: 1-1 NEUTRAL: 0-0

2018-19 BIG TEN-ONLY STATISTICS

Nicea Eliely scored all of her game-high 14 points in the fourth quarter to lead Nebraska to a 70-56 win over Michigan in the Big Ten opener at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on Dec. 28. Eliely, who outscored Michigan 14-13 in the quarter, went 3-for-3 from the field and 7-for-8 at the free throw line in the fourth period after going without a shot in the first three quarters.


HUSKER TEAM SEASON HIGHSPoints .................................96 .....................Denver, 12/15/18...........................................96 .....................San Jose State, 12/8/18First Quarter Points............31 .....................Denver, 12/15/18Second Quarter Points ......21 .....................Denver, 12/15/18First Half Points ..................52 .....................Denver, 12/15/18Third Quarter Points ..........28 .....................San Jose State, 12/8/18Fourth Quarter Points ........34 .....................San Jose State, 12/8/18Second Half Points ............62 .....................San Jose State, 12/8/18First Overtime Points .........8 .......................at Washington State, 11/16/18Second Overtime Points ....6 .......................at Washington State, 11/16/18Field Goals Made ..............41 .....................San Jose State, 12/8/18Field Goals Att. ..................80 .....................San Jose State, 12/8/18Field Goal Pct. ...................53.1 ..................USC Upstate, 11/11/18Three-Pt. FG Made ............11 .....................USC Upstate, 11/11/18Three-Pt. FG Att. ...............29 .....................Drake, 11/7/18Three-Pt. FG Pct. ...............45.8 ..................USC Upstate, 11/11/18Free Throws Made.............21 .....................at Ohio State, 12/31/18...........................................21 .....................Denver, 12/15/18Free Throws Att. ................28 .....................at Ohio State, 12/31/18Free Throw Pct. .................82.4 ..................at Iowa, 1/3/19Rebounds ..........................64 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18Offensive Rebounds ..........24 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18Defensive Rebounds .........40 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18Rebound Margin ................+28 ..................San Jose State, 12/8/18Assists ................................29 .....................USC Upstate, 11/11/18Steals .................................10 .....................Denver, 12/15/18...........................................10 .....................USC Upstate, 11/11/18Blocked Shots ...................10 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18Turnovers ...........................23 .....................at Louisville, 11/29/18Fouls ..................................24 .....................at Arkansas, 12/18/18...........................................24 .....................at Creighton, 12/2/18...........................................24 .....................Drake, 11/7/18

OPPONENT TEAM SEASON LOWSPoints .................................39 .....................vs. Radford, 11/25/18First Quarter Points............8 .......................San Jose State, 12/8/18Second Quarter Points ......8 .......................vs. Radford, 11/25/18First Half Points ..................21 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18...........................................21 .....................vs. Radford, 11/25/18Third Quarter Points ..........12 .....................Michigan, 12/28/18Fourth Quarter Points ........4 .......................vs. Radford, 11/25/18Second Half Points ............18 .....................vs. Radford, 11/25/18First Overtime Points .........8 .......................at Washington State, 11/16/18Second Overtime Points ....9 ........................ at Washington State, 11/16/18Field Goals Made ..............16 .....................vs. Radford, 11/25/18Field Goals Att. ..................53 .....................Michigan, 12/28/18Field Goal Pct. ...................24.6 ..................vs. Radford, 11/25/18Three-Pt. FG Made ............1 .......................vs. Radford, 11/25/18Three-Pt. FG Att. ...............10 .....................Michigan, 12/28/18Three-Pt. FG Pct. ...............6.3 ....................vs. Radford, 11/25/18Free Throws Made.............6 .......................San Jose State, 12/8/18...........................................6 .......................Kansas, 12/5/18...........................................6 .......................vs. Radford, 11/25/18Free Throws Att. ................8 .......................San Jose State, 12/8/18Free Throw Pct. .................54.5 ..................Kansas, 12/5/18Rebounds ..........................27 .....................USC Upstate, 11/11/18Offensive Rebounds ..........6 .......................San Jose State, 12/8/18...........................................6 .......................Creighton, 12/2/18Defensive Rebounds .........19 .....................USC Upstate, 11/11/18Rebound Margin ................-28 ...................San Jose State, 12/8/18Assists ................................2 .......................vs. Radford, 11/25/18Steals .................................0 .......................vs. Radford, 11/25/18Blocked Shots ....................1 .......................USC Upstate, 11/11/18Turnovers ...........................10 .....................Arkansas, 12/18/18Fouls ..................................10 .....................vs. Radford, 11/25/18

HUSKER TEAM SEASON LOWSPoints .................................58 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18First Quarter Points............8 .......................at Creighton, 12/2/18Second Quarter Points ......7 .......................Drake, 11/7/18First Half Points ..................25 .....................at Miami, 11/23/18Third Quarter Points ..........10 .....................Michigan, 12/28/18Fourth Quarter Points ........17 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18Second Half Points ............30 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18First Overtime Points .........8 .......................at Washington State, 11/16/18Second Overtime Points ....6 .......................at Washington State, 11/16/18Field Goals Made ..............21 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18Field Goals Att. ..................52 .....................at Louisville, 11/29/18Field Goal Pct. ...................32.8 ..................Kansas, 12/5/18Three-Pt. FG Made ............2 .......................at Creighton, 12/2/18Three-Pt. FG Att. ...............14 .....................vs. Radford, 11/25/18Three-Pt. FG Pct. ...............9.1 ....................at Creighton, 12/2/18Free Throws Made.............4 .......................San Jose State, 12/8/18Free Throws Att. ................10 .....................USC Upstate, 11/11/18Free Throw Pct. .................36.4 ..................San Jose State, 12/8/18Rebounds ..........................33 .....................at Ohio State, 12/31/18...........................................33 .....................at Louisville, 11/29/18Offensive Rebounds ..........6 .......................at Louisville, 11/29/18Defensive Rebounds .........20 .....................at Ohio State, 12/31/18Rebound Margin ................-9 .....................at Miami, 11/23/18Assists ................................9 .......................at Creighton, 12/2/18Steals .................................3 .......................at Creighton, 12/2/18Blocked Shots ...................2 .......................at Ohio State, 12/31/18...........................................2 .......................at Miami, 11/23/18Turnovers ...........................9 .......................vs. Radford, 11/25/18Fouls ..................................12 .....................San Jose State, 12/8/18

OPPONENT TEAM SEASON HIGHSPoints .................................87 .....................at Washington State, 11/16/18First Quarter Points............22 .....................at Iowa, 1/3/19...........................................22 .....................at Miami, 11/23/18Second Quarter Points ......30 .....................Drake, 11/7/18First Half Points ..................45 .....................Drake, 11/7/18Third Quarter Points ..........26 .....................at Arkansas, 12/18/18Fourth Quarter Points ........27 .....................at Arkansas, 12/18/18Second Half Points ............53 .....................at Arkansas, 12/18/18First Overtime Points .........8 .......................at Washington State, 11/16/18Second Overtime Points ....9 .......................at Washington State, 11/16/18Field Goals Made ..............33 .....................at Louisville, 11/29/18Field Goals Att. ..................75 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18Field Goal Pct. ...................51.6 ..................at Louisville, 11/29/18Three-Pt. FG Made ............13 .....................at Arkansas, 12/18/18Three-Pt. FG Att. ...............37 .....................at Arkansas, 12/18/18...........................................37 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18Three-Pt. FG Pct. ...............44.4 ..................at Ohio State, 12/31/18Free Throws Made.............21 .....................at Ohio State, 12/31/18...........................................21 .....................at Creighton, 12/2/18Free Throws Att. ................29 .....................Drake, 11/7/18Free Throw Pct. .................92.3 ..................USC Upstate, 11/11/18Rebounds ..........................44 .....................at Miami, 11/23/18...........................................44 .....................Drake, 11/7/18Offensive Rebounds ..........19 .....................Kansas, 12/5/18...........................................19 .....................Drake, 11/7/18Defensive Rebounds .........32 .....................Michigan, 12/28/18...........................................32 .....................at Creighton, 12/2/18Rebound Margin ................+9 ....................at Miami, 11/23/18Assists ................................21 .....................at Iowa, 1/3/19Steals .................................14 .....................at Miami, 11/23/18Blocked Shots ....................8 .......................at Washington State, 11/16/18Turnovers ...........................23 .....................Michigan, 12/28/18Fouls ..................................22 .....................at Creighton, 12/2/18

2018-19 TEAM HIGHS & LOWS


GAME #1DRAKE 83

NEBRASKA 77 LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 7, 2018

Drake Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPJonas* 16 4-9 0-0 6 3 0 2 8Monahan* 21 0-3 1-2 0 1 2 0 1Hittner* 23 6-13 5-5 2 4 0 3 19Dean* 23 2-7 7-10 10 1 4 0 13Bachrodt* 31 5-13 1-3 5 2 3 2 15Rose 16 0-3 1-2 3 0 3 0 1Fuller 8 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0Miller 21 4-6 0-0 2 2 4 3 11Burich 17 2-3 0-0 3 2 0 0 4Rhine 24 3-8 5-7 10 3 2 0 11Team Rebounds 3Totals 200 26-65 20-29 44 19 18 10 83

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPSimon* 14 2-6 0-0 4 2 0 1 4Cain* 24 2-6 0-0 7 2 0 0 4Whitish* 24 4-10 0-0 1 2 4 1 10Eliely* 20 2-4 4-4 3 4 1 2 10Kissinger* 24 2-8 2-2 6 1 3 1 8Veerbeek 16 4-8 0-0 7 5 0 1 8Mitchell 6 0-0 1-2 3 2 0 0 1Haiby 20 4-7 4-4 3 1 2 0 13Hudson 17 3-8 1-3 1 1 3 2 7Brown 15 2-5 0-0 1 4 2 1 6Mershon 20 2-4 1-2 4 0 1 0 6Team Rebounds 0Totals 200 27-66 13-17 40 24 16 9 77

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalDrake 15 30 15 23 83Nebraska 29 7 21 20 77

3FG: Drake 11-28 (Bachrodt 4-9, Miller 3-3, Dean 2-5, Hittner 2-5, Rhine 0-1, Jonas 0-2, Rose 0-3); Nebraska 10-28 (Eliely 2-3, Brown 2-5, Kissinger 2-5, Whitish 2-8, Haiby 1-2, Mershon 1-2, Hudson 0-1, Simon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1). 3FG%: Drake 39.3; Nebraska 35.7. FG%: Drake 40.0; Nebraska 40.9. FT%: Drake 69.0; Nebraska 76.5. Steals: Drake 10 (Hittner, Miller 3); Nebraska 9 (Eliely, Hudson 2). Blocked Shots: Drake 3 (Jonas 2); Nebraska 5 (Cain 3). Turnovers: Drake 17; Nebraska 20. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Bonner, Pethtel, Gulbeyan. Attendance: 3,738.

Game Highlights: In a back-and-forth battle between 2018 NCAA Tournament teams, Drake made the plays in the closing minutes to escape from Lincoln with an 83-77 win over Nebraska. In a game that featured big runs by both teams, the Huskers used a 14-0 run to open the game to build a 16-point first-quarter lead. The two-timedefending Missouri Valley Conference champion Bulldogs answered with a 16-0 second-quarter run to build a 45-36 halftime lead. Drake extended its lead to 49-36 to open the second half before Nebraska answered. The Big Red cut the lead to 60-57 at the end of three quarters and regained a67-65 leadwith fiveminutes left in thegame,before Drake prevailed. Freshman guard Sam Haiby led the Huskers with 13 points off the bench in her debut, while Nicea Eliely and Hannah Whitish each contributed 10 points. Reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player-of-the-Year Becca Hittner led all scorers with 19 points, while Sammie Bachrodt added 15 points. Maddy Dean and Sara Rhine pitched in double-doubles for Drake, who out-rebounded the Huskers, 44-40.

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORESGAME #2

NEBRASKA 87USC UPSTATE 64

LINCOLN, NEB., NOV. 11, 2018

Upstate Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPPopplewell* 29 2-6 4-5 7 1 1 3 8Kirkwood* 18 2-5 2-2 3 2 0 0 6Lewis* 39 10-21 6-6 1 2 6 3 26Wensler* 21 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 0 0Swain* 27 4-9 0-0 1 3 0 1 11Parkhurst 6 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0Kuzmina 9 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 0Herring 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Panufnik 24 4-9 0-0 4 5 0 1 10Gibbons 26 1-5 0-0 6 1 0 0 3Team Rebounds 2Totals 200 23-60 12-13 27 16 10 9 64

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPSimon* 18 3-5 4-4 4 0 3 2 10Cain* 19 8-11 0-0 3 3 2 1 16Eliely* 23 3-8 0-0 6 3 6 1 8Hudson* 21 2-5 0-0 3 1 3 0 6Kissinger* 23 8-9 0-0 4 1 3 1 22Whitish 15 0-3 0-0 2 0 4 0 0Haiby 19 1-4 2-2 2 1 5 1 4Veerbeek 18 3-6 0-0 3 3 1 2 6Mitchell 14 3-3 0-2 6 2 1 1 6Brown 19 2-7 2-2 4 2 1 1 7Mershon 11 1-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 2Team Rebounds 4Totals 200 34-64 8-10 42 16 29 10 87

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalUSC Upstate 12 21 15 16 64Nebraska 26 17 24 20 87

3FG: Upstate 6-22 (Swain 3-6, Panufnik 2-3, Gibbons 1-3, Parkhurst 0-1, Wensler 0-1, Popplewell 0-2, Kirkwood 0-3, Lewis 0-3); Nebraska 11-24 (Kissinger 6-6, Eliely 2-4, Hudson 2-4, Brown 1-4, Mershon 0-1, Haiby 0-2, Whitish 0-3). 3FG%: Upstate 27.3; Nebraska 45.8. FG%: Upstate 38.3; Nebraska 53.1. FT%: Upstate 92.3; Nebraska 80.0. Steals: Upstate 9 (Lewis, Popplewell 3); Nebraska 10 (Simon, Veerbeek 2). Blocked Shots: Upstate 1 (Popplewell 1); Nebraska 6 (Cain 3). Turnovers: Upstate 14; Nebraska 15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Daley, Lukanich, Knight. Attendance: 3,638.

Game Highlights: Taylor Kissinger set a school record by going a perfect 6-for-6 from three-point range on her way to a team-high 22 points in an 87-64 win over USC Upstate at Pinnacle Bank Arena. In a rare Sunday morning tip-off, Kissinger came outonfire,drainingthreethreesinthefirstquarterto shoot the Huskers to a 14-point lead at the end ofthefirstperiod.Sheaddedherfourththreeinthe second quarter, before burying two more in thirdquartertobecomejustthesecondHuskerinhistory to shoot 100 percent from beyond the arc onat leastfiveattempts.ThepreviousNebraskamark came on Jessica Periago’s 5-for-5 performance at Indiana in December of 2010. Kissinger, who went8-for-9overallfromthefield,wasjoinedbyfellow sophomore KateCain in double figures.Cainfinishedwith16pointson8-of-11shooting,including a putback on Kissinger’s only miss of the day. Maddie Simon added 10 points, while Nicea Eliely played an outstanding all-around game with eight points and team highs of six rebounds and six assists.

GAME #3WASHINGTON STATE 87

NEBRASKA 84 2OTPULLMAN, WASH., NOV. 16, 2018

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPSimon* 40 6-12 2-2 7 2 1 2 15Cain* 30 5-9 0-0 10 5 0 1 10Whitish* 38 3-10 2-2 5 1 4 0 11Eliely* 20 2-5 3-3 3 3 2 1 8Kissinger* 36 2-5 2-2 5 3 2 1 7Haiby 32 8-15 3-3 3 2 3 0 20Hudson 12 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0Veerbeek 21 4-8 1-3 6 3 0 0 9Mitchell 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Brown 10 1-3 0-0 1 3 1 0 2Mershon 4 0-3 2-4 2 0 0 0 2Team Rebounds 2Totals 250 31-73 15-19 44 23 15 7 84

WSU Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPLevy* 21 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 0Hristova* 45 12-21 6-8 6 2 2 3 31Kostourkova* 46 4-11 5-6 19 3 3 1 13Cha. Molina* 48 10-18 1-2 2 2 2 3 26Swedlund* 43 4-9 1-2 2 3 2 4 12Motuga 27 0-2 2-4 3 1 0 0 2Che. Molina 19 0-5 1-2 2 3 2 0 1Subasic 1 1-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 2Team Rebounds 5Totals 250 31-68 16-24 40 17 13 11 87

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT Final FinalNebraska 18 11 20 21 8 6 84Washington St. 19 20 21 10 8 9 87

3FG: Nebraska 7-17 (Whitish 3-6, Kissinger 1-1, Haiby 1-2, Eliely 1-3, Simon 1-3, Brown 0-1, Mitchell 0-1); WSU 9-22 (Cha. Molina 5-8, Swedlund 3-5, Hristova 1-5, Motuga 0-1, Che. Molina 0-3). 3FG%: Nebraska 41.2; WSU 40.9. FG%: Nebraska 42.5; WSU 45.6. FT%: Nebraska 78.9; WSU 66.7. Steals: Nebraska 7 (Simon 2); WSU 11 (Swedlund 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 6 (Cain 4); WSU 8 (Kostourkova 5). Turnovers: Nebraska 15; WSU 15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Murray, Wood, Merritt. Attendance: 585.

Game Highlights: Sam Haiby scored all 20 of her points after halftime to help Nebraska rally from a 13-pointthird-quarterdeficit,butitwasnotenoughto prevent Washington State from claiming an 87-84 double-overtime win at Beasley Coliseum. Nebraska jumpedtoa12-6leadbeforetheCougarsralliedtotakea19-18leadattheendofthefirstquarter.WSU built the lead to 39-29 at the half, then took their biggest lead at 60-47 late in the third. Haiby scoredfivepointsduringa10-0Huskerrunmidwaythrough the fourth quarter. Haiby’s two free throws tied the score at 68. Taylor Kissinger added two more free throws with 56 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime tied at 70, after the HuskersheldWSUwithoutafieldgoalforthefinal5:41 in the period. Haiby scored six quick points in the first overtime to give Nebraska a 78-74 lead, but WSU tied the score at 78 on a layup by Maria Kostourkova with two seconds left to send it to another OT. Nebraska regained the lead early in the final periodwith back-to-back threes byMaddie Simon and Hannah Whitish, but Borislava Hristova made the shots down the stretch for the Cougars.Hristovafinishedwith agame-high31,while Chanelle Molina added 26 for the Cougars.



#24 MIAMI 82NEBRASKA 68

CORAL GABLES, FLA., NOV. 23, 2018


Miami Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPHof* 26 3-7 0-1 9 3 1 3 6Mompremier* 29 8-11 4-7 13 2 0 1 20Cornelius* 33 7-15 5-5 7 3 7 6 23Gray* 19 2-7 0-0 0 3 0 3 4Marshall* 30 6-14 0-0 1 0 1 1 16Banks 22 3-7 0-0 2 0 4 0 6Mortensen 15 0-5 0-0 1 2 0 0 0Mason 19 2-5 0-0 5 0 0 0 5Huston 5 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0Ripley 2 0-0 2-2 0 3 0 0 2Team Rebounds 3Totals 200 31-71 11-15 44 16 13 14 82

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalNebraska 15 10 24 19 68#24 Miami 22 22 18 20 82

3FG: Nebraska 9-25 (Whitish 4-6, Kissinger 2-4, Brown 2-5, Eliely 1-1, Hudson 0-1, Mershon 0-1, Mitchell 0-1, Simon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-2, Haiby 0-3); Miami 9-31 (Cornelius 4-9, Marshall 4-10, Mason 1-3, Banks 0-2, Gray 0-3, Mortensen 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 36.0; Miami 29.0. FG%: Nebraska 42.4; Miami 43.7. FT%: Nebraska 69.2; Miami 73.3. Steals: Nebraska 6 (Eliely, Haiby 2); Miami 14 (Cornelius 6). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 (Cain, Eliely 1); Miami 3 (Mompremier 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 19; Miami 13. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Forsberg, Danaher, Outlaw. Attendance: 730.

Game Highlights: Sam Haiby led three Huskers in doublefiguresbyscoring14points,butNebraskacould not slow down No. 24 Miami on its home court at the Watsco Center. Haiby hit 6-of-12 shots to lead Nebraska in scoring for the third time in four games, while Hannah Whitish added all 13 of her points after halftime. Nicea Eliely pitched in 10 points on 3-of-3 shooting, but Nebraska coud not overcomea19-point halftimedeficit against theCanes in the Miami Thanksgiving Classic. Laura Cornelius led Miami with 23 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and a career-high six steals, while Beatrice Mompremier added a double-double with 20 points and a game-high 13 boards for the Hurricanes. Kelsey Marshall pitched in 16 points withfourthrees.Miamijumpedtoan11-3leadandmaintained a 22-15 edge at the end of one quarter. The Hurricanes pushed the margin to 44-25 after Cornelius closed the half with 10 straight points. Miami extended their edge to 22 early in the third, before Nebraska pulled within 10 points twice early in the fourth quarter.

GAME #5NEBRASKA 77RADFORD 39

CORAL GABLES, FLA., NOV. 25, 2018


Radford Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPWalker* 35 4-18 2-2 7 2 0 0 10Rivers* 33 2-7 4-6 8 1 0 0 8Ngwafang* 20 0-5 0-0 5 2 0 0 0Johnson* 35 6-17 0-0 2 0 2 0 13Falconer* 19 1-4 0-0 1 2 0 0 2Lindenfeld 15 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0McClean 18 0-5 0-0 2 1 0 0 0Wilson 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Morningstar 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0Corbin 11 1-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 2Nunley 9 2-5 0-1 3 0 0 0 4Team Rebounds 10Totals 200 16-65 6-9 41 10 2 0 39

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalNebraska 22 12 19 24 77Radford 13 8 14 4 39

3FG: Nebraska 5-14 (Veerbeek 3-3, Kissinger 1-2, Simon 1-2, Hudson 0-1, Mitchell 0-1, Whitish 0-2, Brown 0-3); Radford 1-16 (Johnson 1-5, Corbin 0-1, Lindenfeld 0-1, McClean 0-1, Falconer 0-2, Walker 0-6). 3FG%: Nebraska 35.7; Radford 6.3. FG%: Nebraska 47.7; Radford 24.6. FT%: Nebraska 62.5; Radford 66.7. Steals: Nebraska 7 (Eliely 2); Radford 0. Blocked Shots: Nebraska 3 (Cain 2); Radford 5 (Rivers 4). Turnovers: Nebraska 9; Radford 13. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Outlaw, Jones, Lewis. Attendance: 425.

Game Highlights: Ashtyn Veerbeek and Leigha Brown each established career highs with 13 points, while Maddie Simon added 13 of her own as Nebraska rolled to a 77-39 win over Radford at the Miami Thanksgiving Classic. The Huskers jumpedtoanearly12-2leadbeforeclosingthefirstquarter with a 22-13 edge. Nebraska pushed the lead to 34-21 at the half, before Radford trimmed the margin to nine points midway through the third quarter. Brown and Veerbeek then responded with eight straight points, including back-to-back threes from Veerbeek in a one-minute span in the closing minutes of the quarter to help NU take an 18-point edgetothefinalquarter.TheHuskersclosedouttheir best overall performance of the young season witha24-4poundingoftheHighlandersinthefinalperiod. Veerbeek, who earned a spot on the all-tournament team with 13 points and nine rebounds against the preseason picks to win the Big South Conference, went 3-for-3 from three-point range in the game. Kate Cain contributed eight points and seven rebounds, while Hannah Whitish added six points,sixboardsandfiveassists.

GAME #6#5 LOUISVILLE 85

NEBRASKA 68LOUISVILLE, KY., NOV. 29, 2018


Louisville Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPFuehring* 29 7-11 0-0 10 1 2 0 14Dunham* 28 5-6 1-2 4 4 0 2 11Carter* 29 5-10 0-2 1 0 3 2 12Jones* 21 1-2 4-5 3 3 1 4 6Durr* 31 8-17 5-7 1 2 8 0 25Evans 24 3-8 0-0 3 3 2 2 6Robins 3 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 0 1Robinson 8 1-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 2Duvall 2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0Shook 23 3-6 1-2 9 2 0 1 8Laemmle 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0Team Rebounds 0Totals 200 33-64 12-20 35 17 17 11 85

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalNebraska 14 17 19 18 68#5 Louisville 21 19 22 23 85

3FG: Nebraska 6-18 (Simon 2-4, Whitish 2-4, Haiby 1-3, Kissinger 1-3, Brown 0-1, Mershon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-2); Louisville 7-20 (Durr 4-9, Carter 2-5, Shook 1-1, Duvall 0-1, Evans 0-1, Robins 0-1, Fuehring 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 33.3; Louisville 35.0. FG%: Nebraska 42.3; Louisville 51.6. FT%: Nebraska 75.0; Louisville 60.0. Steals: Nebraska 4 (Whitish 2); Louisville 11 (Jones 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 4 (Cain 3); Louisville 4 (Carter 2). Turnovers: Nebraska 23; Louisville 15. Technical Fouls: Louisville (Durr, Walz). Officials: Kantner, Brewton, Resch. Attendance: 7,334.

Game Highlights: Maddie Simon scored a season-high 16 points, while Hannah Whitish added 15, but No. 5 Louisville pulled away in the second half for an 85-68 win over the Huskers in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville. Husker freshman Sam Haiby pitched in 12 points off the bench against a Cardinal team that returned four starters from its 2018 NCAA Final Four squad. Nicea Eliely continued her solid play with eight points, six rebounds and three assists. All-American and reigning ACC Player-of-the-Year Asia Durr led the Cardinals with 25 points and eight assists, while Sam Fuehring contributed a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Huskers started strong, takingan11-10leadwith4:30leftinthefirstquarter,but the defending ACC champion Cardinals closed the period on an 11-3 surge to take a 21-14 lead to the second quarter. Louisville pushed the lead to 40-31 at the half, and Nebraska kept the game in single digits until the closing moments of the third quarter. The Cardinals extended the margin to 62-50 at the end of three quarters.



CREIGHTON 74NEBRASKA 65

OMAHA, NEB., DEC. 2, 2018


Creighton Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPRembao* 31 7-10 2-2 3 4 6 3 18Carda* 36 2-9 4-4 2 3 2 0 8Griglione* 7 1-2 0-0 2 1 0 0 2Kissinger* 10 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0Faber* 38 7-13 4-5 10 3 2 1 18Saunders 22 2-5 4-4 5 1 1 0 8Elger 27 4-6 5-7 7 4 2 0 16Turner 12 1-2 2-2 4 2 1 0 4Dworak 8 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0Brotzki 9 0-4 0-0 3 2 1 1 0Team Rebounds 2Totals 200 24-54 21-24 38 22 16 5 74

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalNebraska 8 20 12 25 65Creighton 10 17 21 26 74

3FG: Nebraska 2-22 (Haiby 1-4, Whitish 1-8, Eliely 0-2, Simon 0-2, Kissinger 0-2, Veerbeek 0-2, Brown 0-2); Creighton 5-21 (Elger 3-5, Rembao 2-3, Dworak 0-1, Griglione 0-1, Saunders 0-1, Turner 0-1, Carda 0-3, Faber 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 9.1; Creighton 23.8. FG%: Nebraska 35.5; Creighton 44.4. FT%: Nebraska 70.4; Creighton 87.5. Steals: Nebraska 3 (Brown, Eliely, Whitish 1); Creighton 5 (Rembao 3). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 3 (Eliely, Kissinger, Veerbeek 1); Creighton 4 (Faber 3). Turnovers: Nebraska 13; Creighton 16. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Danaher, Feck, Sauceda. Attendance: 1,533.

Game Highlights: Sam Haiby scored 15 of her team-high 17 points in the second half, but it was not enough to stop home-standing Creighton from working its way to a 74-65 win over the Huskers at D.J. Sokol Arena. Kate Cain added 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting to help the Huskers inside, but Nebraska was an ice cold 2-for-22 from three-point range in the game. Creighton wasn’t much better fromoutside,goingjust5-for-21,buttheextratrioof made threes was the difference. CU was sparked by Olivia Elger, who scored all 16 of her points in the second half including 3-of-5 three-pointers. She added seven rebounds. Audrey Faber led Creighton with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Tatum Rembao pitched in 18 points and six assists. Rembao also hit a pair of threes for the Jays, whobuilta60-47leadwithjustundersixminutesleft in the game. However, the Huskers stormed backtocuttheleadto62-57justovertwominuteslater and it remained a possession game down the stretch. Creighton went 21-for-24 from the free throw line for the game to seal the win.

GAME #8NEBRASKA 58

KANSAS 52LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 5, 2018

Kansas Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPRichardson* 23 3-7 2-2 8 4 0 3 8Helgren* 31 0-4 1-2 10 2 1 0 2Lyons* 33 4-13 1-3 1 3 5 2 9Washington* 29 2-16 1-2 4 1 3 4 6Kopatich* 35 5-13 0-0 9 1 2 4 14Osorio 20 1-6 1-2 0 3 1 1 3De Carvalho 16 4-14 0-0 3 2 0 1 11Thomas 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Wilson 3 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0Mitchell 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Franklin 7 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 0Boric 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Team Rebounds 5Totals 200 19-75 6-11 43 19 12 15 52

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPSimon* 20 2-8 1-2 3 1 0 0 5Cain* 18 2-8 0-0 6 2 0 0 4Whitish* 26 3-9 3-6 2 1 3 1 11Eliely* 28 2-8 0-0 8 0 1 2 5Kissinger* 29 4-7 0-0 11 0 2 1 11Haiby 21 4-8 0-2 5 2 3 1 8Veerbeek 19 2-8 3-4 11 3 0 1 7Mitchell 3 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 2 1Brown 16 1-6 2-2 2 4 0 1 4Mershon 20 1-2 0-0 7 1 1 0 2Team Rebounds 8Totals 200 21-64 10-18 64 14 11 9 58

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalKansas 11 10 13 18 52Nebraska 11 17 13 17 58

3FG: Kansas 8-37 (Kopatich 4-9, De Carvalho 3-10, Wilson 0-1, Osorio 0-2, Lyons 0-3, Richardson 0-3); Nebraska 6-17 (Kissinger 3-4, Whitish 2-6, Eliely 1-3, Haiby 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1, Brown 0-2). 3FG%: Kansas 21.6; Nebraska 35.3. FG%: Kansas 25.3; Nebraska 32.8. FT%: Kansas 54.5; Nebraska 55.6. Steals: Kansas 15 (Kopatich, Washington 4); Nebraska 9 (Eliely, Mitchell 2). Blocked Shots: Kansas 5 (Richardson 3); Nebraska 10 (Eliely 4). Turnovers: Kansas 11; Nebraska 22. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Napier, McConnell, Cruse. Attendance: 3,688.

Game Highlights: Taylor Kissinger produced her second career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds to help Nebraska post oneofthetop-fiveteamreboundingtotalsinschoolhistory in a 58-52 win over Kansas. Hannah Whitish added 11 points for the Big Red, while Ashtyn Veerbeek scored seven points and chipped in career highs with 11 boards and three blocked shots. As a team, Nebraska grabbed 64 total rebounds to post a plus-21 rebound margin over KU. Nebraska’s work on the glass, which included 24 offensive boards, helped offset 22 turnovers and a minus-11 margin in miscues. Kansas took a 19-13 lead midway through the second quarter, but the Huskers closed the half on a 15-2 surge to take a 28-21 lead to the locker room. The Big Red’s lead grew to 14 points at 38-24 midway through the third with a 10-3 surge to open the half. But Kansas rallied to cut NU’s lead to three points twice early in the fourth quarter before the Huskers held on down the stretch. Nicea Eliely tied her season high with eight rebounds and set a career best with four blocks to help the Huskers.

GAME #9NEBRASKA 96

SAN JOSE STATE 63LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 8, 2018

San Jose St. Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPLewis* 26 6-12 0-0 9 3 3 2 15Potter* 30 3-12 0-0 4 2 1 1 7Hafoka* 24 1-9 0-0 2 1 4 0 2Marquez* 32 2-6 0-0 3 2 2 1 5Anderson* 26 3-6 2-2 1 0 0 0 9Leon 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0Kohlhaas 8 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 3Benally 14 5-9 0-0 0 0 1 0 14Harris 20 1-2 0-0 1 3 1 0 2Clark 19 1-5 4-6 0 1 2 2 6Team Rebounds 7Totals 200 23-62 6-8 28 12 15 6 63


1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalSan Jose State 8 18 23 14 63Nebraska 14 20 28 34 96

3FG: San Jose State 11-26 (Benally 4-7, Lewis 3-4, Kohlhaas 1-1, Anderson 1-2, Potter 1-3, Marquez 1-4, Clark 0-1, Hafoka 0-4); Nebraska 10-27 (Kissinger 5-11, Whitish 3-7, Brown 2-5, Haiby 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1, Eliely 0-2). 3FG%: San Jose State 42.3; Nebraska 37.0. FG%: San Jose State 37.1; Nebraska 51.3. FT%: San Jose State 75.0; Nebraska 36.4. Steals: San Jose State 6 (Clark, Lewis 2); Nebraska 8 (Kissinger, Mershon 2). Blocked Shots: San Jose State 4 (Lewis, Potter, Anderson, Benally 1); Nebraska 5 (Cain 3). Turnovers: San Jose State 15; Nebraska 15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Bruce Morris, Bird, Brooks. Attendance: 3,601.

Game Highlights: Kate Cain and Ashtyn Veerbeek both produced big double-doubles to lead four Huskers scoring in double figures, asNebraskarolled to a 96-63 win over San Jose State at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Cain pulled down 17 rebounds to go along with 16 points, while Veerbeek grabbed 14 boards to go along with her 14 points to fuel one of the top-10 rebound margins (+28) for the Big Red. Leigha Brown led the Huskers with a career-high 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting, including a pair of three-pointers. Taylor Kissinger contributed 17 points, including 5-of-11 shooting from long range, as Nebraska hit 51.3 percent (41-80) of its shots for the game, including a scaulding hot 27-of-41 (.659) inthesecondhalf.CainledNU’sefficienteffortwith8-of-9 shooting, while Hannah Whitish (9 points, 8 assists), Nicea Eliely (6 points, 5 assists) and Sam Haiby (4 points, 4 assists) all distributed the ball well for a Husker team that wracked up 27 assists on the afternoon. Cydni Lewis led the Spartans with 15 points and nine rebounds, while Analyss Benally pitched in 14 points. Lewis and Benally combined to go 7-for-11 from three-point range.



NEBRASKA 96DENVER 71

LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 15, 2018

Denver Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPNelson* 39 5-7 7-12 5 3 0 1 19Smith* 23 4-13 2-2 7 5 2 1 10Loven* 17 0-2 2-2 1 2 2 0 2Gritt* 30 1-7 2-4 8 4 3 2 4Romanowski* 39 12-18 1-2 3 1 2 1 33White 22 0-2 0-0 4 3 1 0 0Jackson 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Simental 9 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Malonga 11 1-7 0-2 1 0 1 0 2Jeffcoat 9 0-2 1-2 2 2 0 0 1Team Rebounds 4Totals 200 23-59 15-26 35 20 11 5 71


1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalDenver 19 18 18 16 71Nebraska 31 21 19 25 96

3FG: Denver 10-24 (Romanowski 8-8, Nelson 2-4, Malonga 0-1, Simental 0-1, Loven 0-2, White 0-2, Gritt 0-3, Smith 0-3); Nebraska 7-25 (Kissinger 4-10, Brown 2-5, Eliely 1-3, Simon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1, Haiby 0-2, Whitish 0-3). 3FG%: Denver 41.7; Nebraska 28.0. FG%: Denver 39.0; Nebraska 50.7. FT%: Denver 57.7; Nebraska 77.8. Steals: Denver 5 (Gritt 2); Nebraska 10 (Brown, Eliely, Kissinger, Whitish 2). Blocked Shots: Denver 2 (Nelson 2); Nebraska 4 (Cain 2). Turnovers: Denver 16; Nebraska 11. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Gulbeyan, Kroemmenhoek, Clayton. Attendance: 3,703.

Game Highlights: TaylorKissingerledfiveHuskersindoublefigureswith18pointstohelpNebraskarun to a 96-71 win over Denver at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Kissinger hit 4-of-10 threes while also sharing team-high rebound honors with six. She added three assists and two steals to help the Huskers earn their fourth straight home win. Leigha Brown added17points,fiveassistsandtwosteals,whileAshtynVeerbeekposted14pointsandfiveboards.Veerbeck went a career-best 8-for-8 at the free throwline,whilegoing3-for-4fromthefloor.KateCain and Nicea Eliely each pitched in 14 points and five rebounds.Maddie Simon added eightpoints, while Sam Haiby scored seven points and contributed career highs with eight assists and six rebounds. Nebraska opened a double-digit lead inthefirstquarterwithaschool-record31points.NU extended the lead to 15 at the half (52-37) and continued to expand the margin in the third and fourth quarters. Nebraska’s balanced scoring helped offset a career-high 33 points from Samantha Romanowski that included an unconscious 8-for-8 shooting from three-point range.

GAME #11ARKANSAS 84NEBRASKA 80

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK., DEC. 18, 2018


Arkansas Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPWilliams* 24 3-4 4-7 9 4 1 3 10Tolefree* 25 3-11 4-4 6 3 2 0 13Monk* 31 7-13 0-0 1 4 4 1 16Mason* 33 4-8 1-2 0 3 4 0 11Dungee* 36 7-21 5-6 5 1 1 0 23Gaulden 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0Northcross-Baker 7 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 3Spangler 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Stout 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Zimmerman 19 1-4 0-0 7 2 0 1 3Thomas 16 1-3 3-4 5 3 1 2 5Team Rebounds 4Totals 200 27-67 17-23 37 20 16 8 84

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalNebraska 15 21 20 24 80Arkansas 10 21 26 27 84

3FG: Nebraska 9-21 (Kissinger 2-4, Veerbeek 2-5, Whitish 2-5, Simon 1-1, Haiby 1-2, Brown 1-3, Eliely 0-1); Arkansas 13-37 (Dungee 4-11, Tolefree 3-11, Mason 2-4, Monk 2-5, Northcross-Baker 1-3, Zimmerman 1-3). 3FG%: Nebraska 42.9; Arkansas 35.1. FG%: Nebraska 45.9; Arkansas 40.3. FT%: Nebraska 65.2; Arkansas 73.9. Steals: Nebraska 7 (Haiby 3); Arkansas 8 (Williams 3). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 6 (Cain 3); Arkansas 3 (Williams, Tolefree, Zimmerman 1). Turnovers: Nebraska 15; Arkansas 10. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Brewton, Kroemmenhoek, Spurlock. Attendance: 1,335.

Game Highlights: Nebraska rallied from a 77-68 deficitwith 4:27 left to take an 80-79 leadwith1:04 remaining, but Arkansas made the plays in thefinalminutetoearnan84-80winatBudWaltonArena.TheHuskersjumpedouttoa15-2leadandmaintained a 36-31 halftime edge, thanks in part to Leigha Brown’s 40-foot runner at the buzzer. Brown,whofinishedwithninepoints,wasoneoffour Husker freshmen who combined for 45 points off the bench. Sam Haiby, who led the Huskers with 16points,hadseveninthefirsthalfandmadehugeplays down the stretch to give the Huskers the 80-79leadafterthefirstoftwofreethrowswith1:04remaining. However, a scoreboard malfunction after thefirstmadefreethrowcausedamorethanthree-minute delay before the second free throw. Haiby missed the second, and the Razorbacks scored the game’sfinalfivepoints.ChelseaDungee,whohitthe go-ahead shot for Arkansas, scored 20 of her game-high23pointsinthesecondhalftoleadfiveRazorbackstartersindoublefigures.KiaraWilliamsadded game-sealing free throws for the Razorbacks. Shefinishedwith10pointsandninerebounds.

GAME #12NEBRASKA 70MICHIGAN 56

LINCOLN, NEB., DEC. 28, 2018

Michigan Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPBrown* 28 4-7 2-4 4 2 1 0 12Thome* 25 5-14 4-5 7 4 0 0 14Dilk* 35 3-8 1-2 4 4 3 2 7Munger* 38 2-5 0-0 3 4 0 2 4Church* 34 3-11 3-5 9 2 0 1 9Hillmon 20 2-3 0-0 5 2 1 0 4Robbins 7 1-2 3-4 2 2 0 0 5Johnson 13 0-3 1-2 1 1 1 0 1Team Rebounds 4Totals 200 20-53 14-22 39 21 6 5 56

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPSimon* 20 4-8 1-2 2 2 0 0 10Cain* 24 2-5 1-2 6 3 2 1 5Whitish* 31 1-10 2-2 1 2 3 0 5Eliely* 25 3-3 7-8 6 2 3 4 14Kissinger* 21 3-6 0-0 2 4 0 1 8Haiby 24 4-10 2-2 4 2 2 0 12Veerbeek 16 1-4 0-0 3 3 0 0 3Brown 19 3-9 4-4 5 2 1 0 11Mershon 20 1-5 0-1 3 2 3 1 2Team Rebounds 6Totals 200 32-60 17-21 38 22 14 7 70

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalMichigan 13 18 12 13 56Nebraska 10 17 10 33 70

3FG: Michigan 2-10 (Brown 2-4, Munger 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Church 0-3); Nebraska 9-24 (Haiby 2-3, Kissinger 2-5, Eliely 1-1, Veerbeek 1-2, Brown 1-3, Simon 1-3, Whitish 1-6, Mershon 0-1). 3FG%: Michigan 20.0; Nebraska 37.5. FG%: Michigan 37.7; Nebraska 36.7. FT%: Michigan 63.6; Nebraska 81.0. Steals: Michigan 5 (Dilk, Munger 2); Nebraska 7 (Eliely 4). Blocked Shots: Michigan 4 (Church, Hillmon 2); Nebraska 5 (Cain 4). Turnovers: Michigan 23; Nebraska 15. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: Grinter, Zentz, Bonner. Attendance: 4,450.

Game Highlights: Nicea Eliely scored all of her game-high 14 points in the fourth quarter to power Nebraska to a 70-56 come-from-behind win over Michigan to open Big Ten play at Pinnacle Bank Arena.Elielyhitallthreeofherfieldgoalattempts,including a three to open the quarter, and went 7-for-8 at the free throw line to turn a 43-37 Husker deficitattheendofthreequartersintoa14-pointwin. Eliely,whodid not shoot in the first threequarters, outscored the entire Michigan team 14-13inthefinalperiod.Sheaddedateam-highsixrebounds and a career-high-tying four steals in the game. Freshman Sam Haiby pumped in 10 points in thefourth,includingapairofhugethreesinthefinalminutes to help the Huskers pull away. Haiby added fourreboundsandtwoassistswhilefinishingwith12 points on the game. Leigha Brown contributed 11pointsandacareer-highfive rebounds,whileMaddie Simon gave the Huskers four players in doublefigureswith10points.Nebraskahit9-of-15fieldgoalattempts,including3-of-4threes,whileknockingdown12-of-14 free throws in the finalperiod. The Huskers outscored Michigan 33-13 in the fourth, including 10-0 in points off turnovers and 9-0 on second-chance points. The Huskers trailed by as many as 10 points in the second quarter before rallying to victory.



NEBRASKA 78OHIO STATE 69

COLUMBUS, OHIO, DEC. 31, 2018

Nebraska Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPSimon* 20 7-10 2-3 2 1 1 0 16Cain* 16 0-1 0-0 2 4 0 0 0Whitish* 34 3-11 2-2 2 1 5 3 11Eliely* 22 5-9 2-3 6 3 1 1 14Kissinger* 20 1-4 0-0 1 3 1 3 2Haiby 26 3-8 2-4 3 2 2 1 8Veerbeek 23 2-4 2-2 6 3 1 0 6Brown 18 4-9 9-12 4 2 3 1 19Mershon 21 0-3 2-2 4 3 0 0 2Team Rebounds 3Totals 200 25-59 21-28 33 22 14 9 78

Ohio State Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPJuhasz* 26 4-10 4-4 7 3 1 2 14Waterman* 34 3-11 8-11 7 5 4 1 14Grande* 39 2-9 2-2 5 3 3 2 7Crooms* 9 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 3Santoro* 33 2-9 2-2 2 3 0 0 7Miller 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 3Queenland 22 2-5 2-2 3 1 2 0 8Patty 17 4-5 1-2 7 4 0 0 9Caretti 16 1-3 2-2 2 0 2 1 4Team Rebounds 5Totals 200 20-54 21-25 39 20 13 6 69

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalNebraska 11 27 13 27 78Ohio State 15 21 17 16 69

3FG: Nebraska 7-22 (Whitish 3-8, Eliely 2-2, Brown 2-5, Mershon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1, Kissinger 0-2, Simon 0-3); Ohio State 8-18 (Juhasz 2-3, Queenland 2-3, Crooms 1-1, Miller 1-1, Grande 1-3, Santoro 1-4, Caretti 0-1, Waterman 0-2). 3FG%: Nebraska 31.8; Ohio State 44.4. FG%: Nebraska 42.4; Ohio State 37.0. FT%: Nebraska 75.0; Ohio State 84.0. Steals: Nebraska 9 (Kissinger, Whitish 3); Ohio State 6 (Grande, Juhasz 2). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 2 (Cain, Veerbeek 1); Ohio State 3 (Caretti, Grande, Waterman 1). Turnovers: Nebraska 12; Ohio State 20. Technical Fouls: Ohio State-McGuff. Officials: Cross, Bryan Enterline, Pethtel. Attendance: 5,530.

Game Highlights: Leigha Brown scored 19 points and Nicea Eliely provided fourth-quarter heroics again, as Nebraska rallied for a 78-69 win at Ohio State on New Year’s Eve. Brown scored all 19 of her pointsinthefirst30minutestohelptheHuskersstay within striking distance of the Buckeyes. Eliely helped Nebraska complete the comeback with 10 hugepointsinthefourthquartertofinishwith14forthe second straight game. Eliely hit two threes and finishedatraditionalthree-pointplayinthequarter.Hannah Whitish, who struggled with her shooting strokethroughthefirstthreequarters,addedeightbigpointsinthefourthtofinishwith11ontheday.Maddie Simon added a strong offensive effort with a season-high-tying 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting fromthefield.Trailingbyasmanyassevenpointsineachofthefirstthreequarters,theHuskershit9-of-15shotsfromthefloor,including4-of-5threesin the fourth quarter, to outscore the Buckeyes 27-16 downthestretch.Inthefirstthreequarters,NUwasjust16-of-44fromthefloorincludingjust3-of-17from long range. Two of those threes were buzzer beatersbyWhitishandBrowntoendthefirstandsecond quarters, as Nebraska led 38-36 at the half.

GAME #14#19 IOWA 77

NEBRASKA 71IOWA CITY, IOWA, JAN. 3, 2019


Iowa Min FG FT RB PF A ST TPStewart* 36 6-11 2-2 4 2 1 1 14Gustafson* 38 11-20 6-10 17 2 2 1 28Meyer* 32 1-6 0-0 2 3 5 0 2Davis* 36 4-9 1-2 5 2 1 1 11Doyle* 35 5-9 1-2 2 3 9 4 11Taiwo 4 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 3Sevillian 13 2-4 3-4 3 2 3 0 8Czinano 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Ollinger 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Team Rebounds 7Totals 200 30-61 13-20 41 14 21 7 77

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalNebraska 20 14 15 22 71#19 Iowa 22 15 22 18 77

3FG: Nebraska 9-21 (Brown 3-4, Whitish 24, Kissinger 2-6, Eliely 1-2, Simon 1-2, Haiby 0-1, Mershon 0-1, Veerbeek 0-1); Iowa 4-12 (Davis 2-4, Taiwo 1-1, Sevillian 1-2, Doyle 0-1, Meyer 0-4). 3FG%: Nebraska 42.9; Iowa 33.3. FG%: Nebraska 38.7; Iowa 49.2. FT%: Nebraska 82.4; Iowa 65.0. Steals: Nebraska 8 (Brown, Haiby, Whitish 2); Iowa 7 (Doyle 4). Blocked Shots: Nebraska 4 (Cain 3); Iowa 7 (Gustafson 5). Turnovers: Nebraska 17; Iowa 17. Technical Fouls: None. Officials: McConnell, Daley, Barb Smith. Attendance: 4,391.

Game Highlights: Leigha Brown scored a career-high 20 points, but Nebraska’s furious fourth-quarter rally came up short in a 77-71 loss at No. 19 Iowa. The Huskers trailed by 10 points at the end of three quarters and by 12 points at 69-57 with less than four minutes left, before storming back to cut the Iowaleadto73-71inthefinalminute.Brownscoredsix points in the Husker rally, while Hannah Whitish addedfiveofher14pointsinthegameduringthesurge. Iowa All-American Megan Gustafson scored 28pointsandadded17reboundsandfiveblocksto lead the Hawkeyes. Gustafson scored Iowa’s final10pointsinthethirdquartertohelppushtheHawkeye lead to 10 points at 59-49 at the end of the period. Hannah Stewart added 14 points inside for the Hawkeyes and grabbed two key offensive reboundsoffmissedIowafreethrowsinthefinal30 seconds that sealed the Huskers’ fate. Freshman Sam Haiby helped Nebraska off the bench with nine points, three assists and two steals while fellow freshman and Iowa native Ashtyn Veerbeek pitched in six points and a team-high nine rebounds. Taylor Kissinger also contributed eight points on a pair of three-pointers for the Huskers, while Nicea Eliely managedfivepointsandateam-highfiveassists.


HONORS & AWARDS• Preseason All-Big Ten (1 of 12, 2018-19)• All-Big Ten (Second Team, 2018)• Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 11, 2017)• Nebraska Offensive MVP (2018)• Nebraska Most Improved Player (2017)• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Feb. 20, 2017)• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018)• Wisconsin Miss Basketball (2016)• Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year (2016)• First-Team All-Wisconsin (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--|Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.Drake 1-1 11/7 24 4-10 .400 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 2-0 4 3 0 1 10 10.0USC Upstate 2-1 11/11 15 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.5 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 5.0at. Washington St. 3-2 11/16 38 3-10 .300 3-6 .500 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 2.7 1-0 4 3 0 1 11 7.0at #24 Miami 4-3 11/23 23 4-7 .571 4-6 .667 1-2 .500 0 1 1 2.3 2-0 1 4 0 1 13 8.5vs. Radford 5-4 11/25 27 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 5 6 3.0 0-0 5 2 0 1 6 8.0at #5 Louisville 6-5 11/29 32 4-8 .500 2-4 .500 5-6 .833 0 3 3 3.0 4-0 3 4 0 2 15 9.2at Creighton 7-6 12/2 28 1-10 .100 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 2-0 6 1 0 1 3 8.3Kansas 8-7 12/5 26 3-9 .333 2-6 .333 3-6 .500 0 2 2 2.6 1-0 3 6 0 1 11 8.6San Jose State 9-8 12/8 26 3-7 .429 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.7 1-0 8 3 0 1 9 8.7Denver 10-9 12/15 30 1-6 .167 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.5 0-0 6 2 0 2 2 8.0at Arkansas 11-10 12/18 28 4-10 .400 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 1 5 6 2.8 0-0 3 3 1 0 11 8.3Michigan 12-11 12/28 31 1-10 .100 1-6 .167 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 2.7 2-0 3 3 0 0 5 8.0at Ohio State 13-12 12/31 34 3-11 .273 3-8 .375 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 2.6 1-0 5 1 0 3 11 8.2at #19 Iowa 14-13 1/3 33 6-12 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.6 0-0 1 1 0 2 14 8.6Totals 14-13 395 40-120 .333 25-76 .329 16-22 .727 4 32 36 2.6 16-0 56 36 1 16 121 8.6

JUNIOR (2018-19) Hannah Whitish (pronounced WHITE-ish) joinsNiceaElielyasreturningthird-yearstartersfor the Huskers in 2018-19. A preseason All-Big Tenchoice,Whitishhasscoredindoublefiguresin eight of Nebraska’s 14 games including a season-high 15 points at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). She is coming off a 14-point effort at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. 3). She had 13 points at No. 24 Miami (Nov. 23), hitting 4-of-6 threes in the second half. Whitish added 11 points with three threes in a Big Ten road win at Ohio State (Dec. 31), when she had five assists and a season-high threesteals. Whitish is averaging 8.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and a team-best 4.0 assists. She has climbed into a tie for No. 6 on Nebraska’s career list with 155 madethrees.Sheneedstwomoreto joinNU’stopfiveall-timeinthatcategory. Whitish had a string of 50 starts snapped against USC Upstate (Nov. 11). She suffered a minorkneeinjuryinthefirsthalfofNU’sseason-openinglosstoDrake(Nov.7),butfinishedthegame and managed 10 points and four assists.

SOPHOMORE (2017-18) Whitish earned second-team All-Big Ten honors and was named Nebraska’s offensive MVP after leading the Huskers in scoring (12.6 ppg), assists (4.7 apg), steals (1.3 spg) and three-point shooting (2.3 pg) in 2017-18. She was the only Husker to start all 32 games on the year. Whitish was a major catalyst in Nebraska’shuge team turnaround from a 7-22 season in 2016-17 to a 21-11 campaign in 2017-18. Nebraska’s 14-game improvement tied for the

largest increase in victories in NCAA Division I women’s basketball in 2017-18. Her 73 made threes marked the third-best total by a sophomore in school history. Whitish dished out 150 assists, which tied for thefifth-besttotalbyasophomoreinNUhistory.She ranked among Big Ten leaders with 4.7 assists per game, and she carried nearly a 2-to-1 assist to turnover ratio (150-77). Whitish erupted for a career-high 29 points, including 25 in the second half, to lead Nebraska to a road win at Kansas (Dec. 6). She went 6-for-6fromthefieldinthesecondhalfandknockeddowneightstraightfreethrowsinthefinal1:29to seal the win. For the game she was a career-best 11-for-14 at the free throw line. She wrapped up the best week of her career by scoring 29 points while adding six rebounds, six assists, two steals and a block to lead NU to an 89-84 double-overtime win at Drake (Dec. 9). Whitish hit eight straight free throws to seal the win.Sheearned thefirstBigTenPlayer-of-the-Week award of her career (Dec. 11). Whitish produced a team-leading 18 double-figurescoringefforts, includinga team-high20points with a career-high six threes in a road win at Illinois (Jan. 10). It was her fourth career 20-point game and third of the season. Sheadded18pointsandfiveassistsinawinover No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16), before pitching in 16 points and six assists to complete a season sweep of the Hawkeyes in Iowa City (Jan. 28). She also had 18 points and six assists against Washington State (Dec. 22). Whitish scored 17 points and pulled down a team-high seven rebounds to lead Nebraska to a victory over Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (March2).Shealsopumped in17points on 5-of-7 three-point shooting in a road win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). She had 16 points and a game-high seven assists in a road

win at Northwestern (Jan. 17). She contributed 14 points and five assistsin a road win at Minnesota (Dec. 31), before managing 14 points at No. 13 Maryland (Feb. 25). Whitish closed the season with 12 points and a pair of threes against Arizona State (March 17) inthefirstroundofthe2018NCAATournamentin Austin, Texas.

PERSONAL The daughter of Bob and Sherry Whitish, Hannah was born March 20, 1998, in Little Rock, Ark. She has a younger sister Jordyn, 15. Hannah is majoring in management at Nebraska. Sheearned spots on the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2017 and 2018. Whitish chose Nebraska over Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas and Florida Gulf Coast.

For more information on Hannah Whitish’s career, see pages 70-71 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s basketball media guide.

3HANNAH WHITISH5-9 Junior Guard Barneveld, Wisconsin (Barneveld)

WHITISH’S CAREER BESTSCategory Total GamePoints 29 Drake (12/9/17) 29 Kansas (12/6/17)Rebounds 8 Penn State (2/22/18) 8 Minnesota (2/4/17)Assists 9 UMKC (11/14/17) 9 Illinois (3/1/17)Steals 4 Maryland (2/25/18)Blocks 2 Maryland (3/3/18)FGA 19 Drake (12/9/17)FGM 9 Michigan State (2/26/17)FTA 14 Kansas (12/6/17)FTM 11 Kansas (12/6/17)3-PT FGA 11 Three Times, most recent 11 Illinois (1/10/18)3-PT FGM 6 Illinois (1/10/18)

HANNAH WHITISH career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg.2016-17 29-17 728 88-215 .409 57-140 .407 27-37 .730 10-62 72-2.5 26-0 85 46 4 28 260-9.02017-18 32-32 993 133-333 .399 73-192 .380 64-82 .780 11-118 129-4.0 47-1 150 77 5 41 403-12.62018-19 14-13 395 40-120 .333 25-76 .329 16-22 .727 4-32 36-2.6 16-0 56 36 1 16 121-8.6Career 75-62 2,116 261-668 .391 155-408 .380 107-141 .759 25-212 237-3.2 89-1 291 159 10 85 784-10.5


HONORS & AWARDS• No. 122 Player in the Nation (Prospects Nation, 2018)• No. 125 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2018)• No. 28 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2018)• First-Team Minnesota Class 4A All-State (2017)

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--|Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.Drake 1-0 11/7 20 4-7 .571 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 1-0 2 0 0 0 13 13.0USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 19 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 2.5 1-0 5 1 0 1 4 8.5at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 32 8-15 .533 1-2 .500 3-3 1.000 1 2 3 2.7 2-0 3 1 0 0 20 12.3at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 22 6-12 .500 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000 0 5 5 3.3 0-0 2 1 0 2 14 12.8vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 19 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1 0 1 2.8 1-0 2 0 0 1 6 11.4at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 24 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 3-4 .750 1 0 1 2.5 1-0 1 5 0 0 12 11.5at Creighton 7-0 12/2 26 4-11 .364 1-4 .250 8-11 .727 4 1 5 2.9 2-0 0 1 0 0 17 12.3Kansas 8-0 12/5 21 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 3 2 5 3.1 2-0 3 5 0 1 8 11.8San Jose State 9-0 12/8 19 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 3.1 1-0 4 0 0 1 4 10.9Denver 10-0 12/15 21 3-10 .300 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 2 4 6 3.4 2-0 8 0 1 1 7 10.5at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 24 6-13 .462 1-2 .500 3-5 .600 1 3 4 3.5 3-0 2 2 0 3 16 11.0Michigan 12-0 12/28 24 4-10 .400 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 3.5 2-0 2 0 0 0 12 11.1at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 26 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1 2 3 3.5 2-0 2 2 0 1 8 10.8at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 20 3-9 .333 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 0 2 2 3.4 2-0 3 1 0 2 9 10.7Totals 14-0 317 54-124 .435 7-26 .269 35-49 .714 18 29 47 3.4 22-0 39 19 1 13 150 10.7

FRESHMAN (2018-19) An outstanding all-around athlete, Sam Haiby (pronounced HY-bee) was ranked as one of the top 125 players in the nation by both Blue Star and Prospects Nation. She was also the No. 28 guard in the nation according to ESPN. Despite those rankings, Nebraska coaches feelthatHaibyflewrelativelyunderthenationalrecruiting radar. Haiby produced a big juniorseason by averaging 22.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.1 steals in 2016-17. She capped her high school career by averaging 25.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists despite battling an earlyseasonkneeinjuryasasenior. Haiby has opened her college career by averaging a team-best 10.7 points, while adding 3.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists off the bench. Haiby, who has scored in double figuresseven times, erupted for a career-high 20 points - all after halftime - at Washington State (Nov. 16). She was also Nebraska’s leading scorer with 17 points, including 15 in the second half, atCreighton(Dec.2).Sheaddedfivereboundsagainst the Jays. She led the Huskers again with 16 points to go along with four rebounds, two assists and a career-high three steals at Arkansas (Dec. 18). Haiby scored 14 points at No. 24 Miami, whensheaddedfivereboundsandtwosteals. She also led NU with 13 points in a season-opening loss to Drake (Nov. 7), before scoring 12 points at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). Haiby opened Big Ten play with 12 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, to help Nebraska come from behind for a 70-56 win over Michigan (Dec. 28). Haiby had seven points and career highs of six rebounds, eight assists and her first careerblock in a win over Denver (Dec. 15). “Sam has a great feel for the game. Her

athleticism and explosiveness allow her to make plays for herself and others,” Nebraska Coach Amy Williams said. “She has incredible potential on the defensive side of the basketball, as she has deceptive length and quickness.” BEFORE NEBRASKA Haiby was ranked as the No. 122 player in the country by Prospects Nation and the No. 125 player in the nation by Blue Star. She was also ranked as the No. 28 guard in the country by ESPN. Sheovercameanearlyseasonkneeinjuryasa senior to average 25.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, including a monstrous 46-point performance in a 54-49 win over White Bear Lake on Dec. 10, 2017. It followed a 45-point effort in a win over Brainerd on Nov. 28. Haibyfinishedherhighschoolcareerwithmorethan2,000points.Asajunior,sheaveraged22.1points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.1 steals, including a huge 44-point performance against Fargo Shanley on Jan. 17, 2017. A first-teamMinnesota Class 4A selection for Coach Jed CarlsonatMoorhead,Haibyfinishedher juniorseason with 1,856 career points. Haiby played her club basketball alongside Husker teammate Kayla Mershon for North Tartan and Coach Gerard Coury. Haiby was a part of five consecutive Minnesota State AAUchampionships with North Tartan. In addition to playing basketball, Haiby was a startingoutfielderandpitcheronMoorheadHighSchool’s baseball team in the spring of 2017. She wasthefirstpitchertoeverthrowapitchinU.S.Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, taking the mound for the Spuds against the Sartell Sabres at the home of the Minnesota Vikings and Super Bowl

LII intheTwinCities.Shealsobecamethefirstfemale in history to pitch a scoreless inning in a Minnesota High School boys baseball game in the spring of 2017.

PERSONAL The daughter of Jay Haiby and Janet Haiby, Samantha Rae Brianna Haiby was born Sept. 25, 1999 in St. Louis, Mo. She has an older brother, Andrew.Shehasnotdeclaredamajor. Sam is a friend of current Nebraska soccer player Allison Ulness, who was also a Moorhead Spud. Haiby, who chose Nebraska over Minnesota, Arizona, Creighton, North Dakota State, South Dakota and South Dakota State, said she chose Nebraska because of the overall feel of the program. “It felt like home,” Haiby said. “I formed a great relationship with the coaches, and the support from Husker Nation is unbelievable.”

For more information on Sam Haiby’s career, see pages 78-79 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s basketball media guide.

4SAM HAIBY5-9 Freshman Guard Moorhead, Minnesota (Moorhead)

HAIBY’S CAREER BESTSCategory Total GamePoints 20 Washington State (11/16/18)Rebounds 6 Denver (12/15/18)Assists 8 Denver (12/15/18)Steals 3 Arkansas (12/18/18)Blocks 1 Denver (12/15/18)FGA 15 Washington State (11/16/18)FGM 8 Washington State (11/16/18)FTA 11 Creighton (12/2/18)FTM 8 Creighton (12/2/18)3-PT FGA 4 Creighton (12/2/18)3-PT FGM 2 Michigan (12/28/18)

SAM HAIBY career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg.2018-19 14-0 317 54-124 .435 7-26 .269 35-49 .714 18-29 47-3.4 22-0 39 19 1 13 150-10.7Career 14-0 317 54-124 .435 7-26 .269 35-49 .714 18-29 47-3.4 22-0 39 19 1 13 150-10.7


HONORS & AWARDS• Nebraska Defensive MVP (2017)• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2017)• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018)• No. 143 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2015)• No. 25 Guard in the Nation (ESPN, 2015)• Colorado Class 5A (Second Team, 2016)

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--|Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.Drake 1-1 11/7 20 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 4-0 1 4 0 2 10 10.0USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 23 3-8 .375 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 6 6 4.5 3-0 6 1 0 1 8 9.0at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 20 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000 1 2 3 4.0 3-0 2 1 0 1 8 8.7at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 22 3-3 1.000 1-1 1.000 3-5 .600 1 4 5 4.3 1-0 2 2 1 2 10 9.0vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 17 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.8 4-0 2 0 0 2 6 8.4at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 24 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 6 6 4.2 2-0 3 1 0 1 8 8.3at Creighton 7-7 12/2 30 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 3-4 .750 3 5 8 4.7 4-0 2 1 1 1 9 8.4Kansas 8-8 12/5 28 2-8 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1 7 8 5.1 0-0 1 6 4 2 5 8.0San Jose State 9-9 12/8 27 3-8 .375 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0 2 2 4.8 2-0 5 3 0 0 6 7.8Denver 10-10 12/15 22 6-8 .750 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 2 3 5 4.8 3-0 3 3 0 2 14 8.4at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 23 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1 2 3 4.6 1-0 0 0 0 0 4 8.0Michigan 12-12 12/28 25 3-3 1.000 1-1 1.000 7-8 .875 0 6 6 4.8 2-0 3 2 0 4 14 8.5at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 22 5-9 .556 2-2 1.000 2-3 .667 3 3 6 4.8 3-0 1 0 0 1 14 8.9at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 25 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 4.5 4-0 5 4 0 1 5 8.6Totals 14-14 328 41-79 .519 12-27 .444 27-34 .794 14 49 63 4.5 36-0 36 28 6 20 121 8.6

JUNIOR (2018-19) Nicea Eliely (pronounced ny-SEE-ah EE-ly-lee) returns for her third season in the Nebraska starting lineup. A long, wing player with excellent defensiveskills,the6-1juniorhascontinuedtoimprove offensively during her time at Nebraska. She is averaging 8.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and a team-high 1.4 steals while starting all 14 games in 2018-19. Eliely opened Big Ten play with back-to-back season-high 14 points efforts in wins over Michigan (Dec. 28) and at Ohio State (Dec. 31). She fueled fourth-quarter comebacks in both games combining for 24 points in the finalperiods against the Wolverines and Buckeyes. Eliely established her season high with 14 points in a win over Denver (Dec. 15). Sheownsfivedouble-figure scoringeffortsthis season, including 10 points against Drake (Nov. 7) and at No. 24 Miami (Nov. 23). Eliely had nine points and a season-high eight rebounds at Creighton (Dec. 2). She matched the eight rebounds in a win over Kansas (Dec. 5), when she also set a career high with four blocks. Elielyisshooting51.9percentfromthefield,including 44.4 percent (12-27) from three-point range and 79.4 percent (27-34) at the free throw line. Over the last four games, she has hit 68 percent(17-25)ofhershotsfromthefloor.

SOPHOMORE (2017-18) Eliely started NU’s final 26 games aftermissingthefirstthreecontestsof2017-18whilerecoveringfromanankleinjurythatkeptheroffthe court and out of practice for the month of OctoberandthefirstpartofNovember. In 29 games, Eliely averaged 8.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals. She also had 20 blocked shots on the season.

Eliely was extremely efficient in Big Tenplay, shooting 52 percent (52-100) from the field,including42.3percent(11-26)fromthree-point range to help Nebraska to an 11-5 Big Ten record and a tie for third in the regular-season conference standings. Overall, she hit 46.9 percent (90-192) of her shots from the floor, including38percent(19-50)ofherthree-pointers. Eliely was amajor contributor in poweringNebraska to a spot in the Big Ten Tournament semifinalsbyscoring12pointstogoalongwithsix rebounds, an assist, a block and two steals in a quarterfinalvictoryoverMichiganinIndianapolis(March2).Itwasher12thdouble-figurescoringeffort of the season. Eliely was a key part of Nebraska’s 14-game improvement in the win column from 2016-17, while helping the Huskers to eight more conference wins than 2016-17. She produced a season-high 17 points to go along with three rebounds and two steals in a road win at Michigan State (Feb. 14). Eliely went5-of-6fromthefield,including3-for-3fromthree-point range against the Spartans. Eliely scored 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting in a road win at Minnesota (Dec. 31). She added 13 points in a 24-point win over Purdue (Jan. 24), while also producing 13-point games at San Jose State (Dec. 17) and against Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2). Eliely played an outstanding game with 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting to go along with six rebounds in a win over Illinois (Feb. 1). She closed the regular season with 11 points, fiverebounds and three assists at No. 13 Maryland (Feb. 25). She had 10-point efforts against No. 23 Michigan (Jan. 13), at Northwestern (Jan. 7) and against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19), when she justmissedadouble-doublebyaddingacareer-high-tying nine rebounds.

She managed three points, a rebound, a steal and three blocked shots against Arizona State (March17) in the first roundof the2018NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas. One of Nebraska’s best defenders, she played a key role in helping Nebraska lead the Big Ten in both field goal percentagedefenseandthree-pointfieldgoalpercentagedefense.

PERSONAL Queen Nicea Tyana Eliely was born July 12, 1998, in Colorado Springs. She is the daughter of Actual Allah and Yee Fong. Her father, Actual Allah, played basketball collegiately at Colorado State-Pueblo. Nicea is majoring in businessadministration at Nebraska. She earned spots on the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2017 and 2018.

For more information on Nicea Eliely’s career, see pages 66-67 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s basketball media guide.

5NICEA ELIELY6-1 Junior Guard/Forward Colorado Springs, Colorado (Rampart)

ELIELY’S CAREER BESTSCategory Total GamePoints 19 California (12/4/16)Rebounds 9 Three Times, most recent 9 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17)Assists 6 Five Times, most recent 6 USC Upstate (11/11/18)Steals 4 Three Times, most recent 4 Michigan (12/28/18)Blocks 4 Kansas (12/5/18)FGA 13 California (12/4/16)FGM 8 California (12/4/16)FTA 8 Three Times, most recent 8 Michigan (12/28/18)FTM 7 Michigan (12/28/18)3-PT FGA 8 Illinois (3/1/17)3-PT FGM 4 Illinois (3/1/17)

NICEA ELIELY career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg.2016-17 29-29 798 81-186 .435 24-66 .364 37-59 .627 48-59 107-3.7 70-3 74 70 21 46 223-7.72017-18 29-26 761 90-192 .469 19-50 .380 40-67 .597 42-73 115-4.0 53-1 49 63 20 36 239-8.22018-19 14-14 328 41-79 .519 12-27 .444 27-34 .794 14-49 63-4.5 36-0 36 28 6 20 121-8.6Career 72-69 1,887 212-457 .464 55-143 .385 104-160 .650 104-181 285-4.0 159-4 159 161 47 102 583-8.1


HONORS & AWARDS• Conference USA Player of the Week (Dec. 26, 2017)• Conference USA Player of the Week (Jan. 16, 2017)

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--|Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.Drake 1-0 11/7 17 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 1 0 1 1.0 1-0 3 0 0 2 7 7.0USC Upstate 2-1 11/11 21 2-5 .400 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.0 1-0 3 1 0 0 6 6.5at Washington St. 3-1 11/16 12 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.3 1-0 1 2 0 1 0 4.3at #24 Miami 4-1 11/23 18 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 1.8 0-0 1 2 0 0 3 4.0vs. Radford 5-1 11/25 17 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 1.8 1-0 0 1 0 0 1 3.4at #5 Louisville 6-1 11/29 7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 2.8at Creighton 7-1 12/2 9 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1.6 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 2.4Totals 7-1 101 6-26 .231 2-7 .286 3-7 .429 3 8 11 1.6 6-0 8 10 0 3 17 2.4

SENIOR (2018-19) KristianHudsonjoinedtheNebraskawomen’sbasketball team after earning her bachelor’s degree from Florida International in just threeyears.Thepsychologymajornotonlyexcelledinthe classroom, she also starred on the court for FIU for three seasons. A 5-5 point guard from Birmingham, Ala., Hudson started her final 87 games at FIU andamassed 1,076 points, 372 rebounds, 383 assists and 107 steals for the Panthers while playing more than 1,000 minutes each season. She averaged 12.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 36.2 minutes per game over her 89-game career at FIU. Hudson averaged 2.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists through seven games, before undergoing season-ending foot surgery during Finals Week (Dec. 10-14). She had seven points and three assists in the opener against Drake (Nov. 7), before starting in placeofaninjuredHannahWhitishagainstUSCUpstate (Nov. 11). Hudson had six points, three rebounds and three assists against the Spartans.

JUNIOR (2017-18, FIU) Hudson averaged 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists as a junior for the Panthers in2017-18. She was at her best during the finalseven games of her junior season when sheaveraged 18.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.7 steals in 37 minutes per game. As a junior, Hudson produced 21 double-figurescoringeffortsin29games,includingnine20-plus scoring efforts. She recorded season highs with back-to-back 27-point performances while playing the full 40 minutes against North Dakota State (Dec. 20) and Clemson (Dec. 21).

Her performance against Clemson included a career-high-tying 10 rebounds and 10-for-10 free throw shooting. Hudson also notched a double-double with 11 points and a career-high-matching 10 assists at Howard on Dec. 2, 2017. In her final season at FIU, Hudson shot acareer-best .354 from the field, including .340from three-point range. She also knocked down a career-high .819 at the free throw line.

SOPHOMORE (2016-17, FIU) As a sophomore, Hudson contributed 12.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, while improving her field goal percentage to.341andher three-pointfieldgoalpercentageto .303. She averaged 36.9 minutes per game, including a remarkable 35-point, eight-rebound, 10-assist effort while playing the full 55 minutes in an 88-87 triple-overtime win over UTEP on Jan. 12, 2017. Her 35-point, 10-assist outburst against ConferenceUSA-rivalUTEPwasthefirstofback-to-backdouble-doubles forHudson, joiningan11-point, 10-rebound game that included six assists against UTSA on Jan. 14, 2017. Hudson finished with three 20-point scoring effortsas a sophomore among her 19 double-digit performances

FRESHMAN (2015-16, FIU) As a freshman, she started 29 straight games after coming off the bench for the first twogames of her career. She averaged 9.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 35.1 minutes per game.Sheshotjust30.5percentfromthefield,including just 23.6 percent from three-pointrange as a freshman. Hudson scored in double figures 16 times,including the first 20-pointgameof her career

with 20 points and seven rebounds in a loss at Miami on Dec. 22, 2015. Hudson notched her firstoffivecareerdouble-doubleswith12pointsand 10 assists against Western Kentucky on Jan. 7, 2016.

PERSONAL Kristian is the daughter of Juanita Chamblin and Carlos Hudson Sr. She has an older brother, CarlosJr.ShewasapsychologymajoratFloridaInternational and earned her bachelor’s degree in just three academic years in the summer of2018. She is working toward her master’s degree in applied science at Nebraska.

For more information on Kristian Hudson’s career, see pages 62-63 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s basketball media guide.

11KRISTIAN HUDSON5-5 Senior Guard Birmingham, Alabama (Clay-Chalkville/FIU)

HUDSON’S CAREER BESTSCategory Total GamePoints 35 UTEP (1/12/17)Rebounds 10 Clemson (12/21/17) 10 UTSA (1/14/17)Assists 10 Three Times, most recent 10 Howard (12/2/17)Steals 8 Florida Atlantic (1/7/17)Blocks 2 UMass-Lowell (12/4/15)FGA 26 UTSA (2/14/18)FGM 11 UTEP (1/12/17)FTA 13 UTEP (1/12/17)FTM 12 UTEP (1/12/17)3-PT FGA 9 North Texas (2/8/18) 9 North Dakota St. (12/20/17)3-PT FGM 5 Bethune-Cookman (11/13/17)

KRISTIAN HUDSON career statisticsYear G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg.2015-16 31-29 1,088 109-357 .305 26-110 .236 62-79 .785 19-90 109-3.5 85-4 124 141 4 29 306-9.92016-17 29-29 1,069 119-349 .341 23-76 .303 89-119 .748 14-119 133-4.6 63-1 124 133 5 48 350-12.12017-18 29-29 1,063 146-413 .354 51-150 .340 77-94 .819 12-118 130-4.5 64-0 135 116 2 30 420-14.52018-19 7-1 101 6-26 .231 2-7 .286 3-7 .429 3-8 11-1.6 6-0 8 10 0 3 17-2.4Career 96-88 3,321 380-1145 .332 102-344 .297 231-299 .773 48-335 383-4.0 218-5 391 400 11 110 1093-11.4


HONORS & AWARDS• Miami Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team (Nov. 23-25, 2018) • No. 55 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2018)• No. 66 Player in the Nation (Prospects Nation, 2018)• No. 68 Player in the Nation (ESPN, 2018)• No. 9 Forward in the Nation (ESPN, 2018)• Iowa Class 2A Player of the Year (IBCA, 2017)• Captain of Iowa Class 2A All-Tournament Team (2017)• First-Team Iowa Class 2A All-State (Coaches, 2016, 2017, 2018)• Iowa Elite All-State Volleyball (All Classes, 1 of 9, 2017)• First-Team Iowa Class 2A All-State Volleyball (2016, 2017)• Iowa Class 2A All-Tournament Volleyball Team (2015, 2016, 2017)

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--|Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.Drake 1-0 11/7 16 4-8 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2 5 7 7.0 5-1 0 1 1 1 8 8.0USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 18 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 5.0 3-0 1 2 2 2 6 7.0at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 21 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 2 4 6 5.3 3-0 0 2 2 0 9 7.7at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 13 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 4.5 3-0 1 2 0 0 4 6.8vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 20 4-6 .667 3-3 1.000 2-4 .500 1 8 9 5.4 3-0 0 1 1 1 13 8.0at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 12 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 5.3 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 7.0at Creighton 7-0 12/2 19 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 6 6 5.4 2-0 0 2 1 0 6 6.9Kansas 8-0 12/5 19 2-8 .250 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 3 8 11 6.1 3-0 0 3 3 1 7 6.9San Jose State 9-0 12/8 17 5-13 .385 0-1 .000 4-5 .800 5 9 14 7.0 2-0 1 3 1 0 14 7.7Denver 10-0 12/15 14 3-4 .750 0-1 .000 8-8 1.000 2 3 5 6.8 4-0 0 1 0 0 14 8.3at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 19 5-10 .500 2-5 .400 2-3 .667 1 4 5 6.6 5-2 0 4 0 1 14 8.8Michigan 12-0 12/28 16 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 3 3 6.3 3-0 0 1 0 0 3 8.3at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 23 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 1 5 6 6.3 3-0 1 0 1 0 6 8.2at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 18 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 2 7 9 6.5 3-0 1 3 0 0 6 8.0Totals 14-0 245 40-91 .440 6-22 .273 26-33 .788 23 68 91 6.5 45-2 6 28 12 6 112 8.0

FRESHMAN (2018-19) The first commitment to the Huskers intheir 2018 signing class, Ashtyn Veerbeek (pronounced VER-beek) made her commitment to Nebraska in December of 2016. The 6-2 forward out of Western Christian High School in Sioux Center, Iowa, was ranked as the No. 55 player in the nation by Blue Star, No. 66 by Prospects Nation and No. 68 by ESPN, which also ranked Veerbeek as the No. 9 forward in the Class of 2018. Veerbeek is off to a solid start to her college career, averaging 8.0 points and 6.5 rebounds for the Big Red. She produced her first careerdouble-double with career highs of 14 points and 14 rebounds in a win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). She matched her career best with 14 points in just 14minutes in awinoverDenver(Dec. 15), when she went a perfect 8-for-8 at the free throw line. She added 14 points for the third straight game at Arkansas (Dec. 18). She notched the first double-figure scoringeffort of her career with 13 points and nine rebounds in a win over Radford at the Miami Thanksgiving Classic (Nov. 25), when she hit the firstthreethree-pointersofhercareer. Veerbeek had seven points, 11 rebounds and a career-high three blocks in a win over

Kansas (Dec. 5). Veerbeek had nine points, six rebounds and two blocks at Washington State (Nov. 16). She opened with eight points and a team-high seven rebounds against Drake (Nov. 7). Veerbeek had six points, six rebounds and a block at Creighton (Dec. 2). She matched those totals in a Big Ten win at Ohio State (Dec. 31), before pitching in six points and nine boards at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. 3). “She is a strong, yet agile athlete who is an extremely talented basketball and volleyball player,” Coach Amy Williams said. “She is a fiercecompetitorwhosimplyknowshowtowin.She really exploded onto the national scene this past summer, competing at a very high level with her club program. She understands what it means to work hard, and we are looking forward to the growth she will make at Nebraska.”

BEFORE NEBRASKA Veerbeek,whowasatwo-timefirst-teamIowaClass 2A all-stater in 2017 and 2018, comes to Nebraska from the same high school that produced Husker volleyball All-American and U.S. Olympian Nancy Metcalf Meendering. Veerbeek put the finishing touches on anoutstanding high school career by being named first-team all-state in both basketball andvolleyball for the second straight year. On the basketball court, Veerbeek broke the Western Christian single-season scoring record for the second straight year with 619 points, after scoring592pointsasajunior. Her point total as a senior ranked third among all players in the state of Iowa, while her 346 rebounds led the state. She added 86 blocks to rank eighth across all classes in Iowa. As a senior, she averaged 25.8 points and 14.4 rebounds per game. Veerbeek finished her career with 1,871points, 1,041 rebounds, 227 blocks, 203 assists and 99 steals. After earning Class 2A all-state honors as a senior, she was named one of the 50

greatest Iowa high school girls players of all time by the Des Moines Register.

PERSONAL The daughter of Ron and Tammi Veerbeek, Ashtyn was born on Feb. 15, 2000. She has two younger brothers, Trey and Chase. She is majoringinmarketingatNebraska. Ashtyn’s mother, Tammi, is the head volleyball coach at Western Christian. A volleyball powerhouse, Western Christian has advanced to 17consecutivestatesemifinalappearancesandowns 16 all-time state volleyball titles. She chose Nebraska over Iowa, South Dakota State, South Dakota, Creighton, Drake, Arizona State and Missouri. “I chose Nebraska because the coaching staff is one of kind and genuinely cares about me as a person,” Veerbeek said. “The top-notch facilities andfansupportareincredible,anditjustfeltlikehome.”

For more information on Ashtyn Veerbeek’s career, see pages 82-83 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s basketball media guide.

13ASHTYN VEERBEEK6-2 Freshman Forward Sioux Center, Iowa (Western Christian)

VEERBEEK’S CAREER BESTSCategory Total GamePoints 14 Three Times, most recent 14 Arkansas (12/18/18)Rebounds 14 San Jose State (12/8/18)Assists 1 Five Times, most recent 1 Ohio State (12/31/18)Steals 2 USC Upstate (11/11/18)Blocks 3 Kansas (12/5/18)FGA 13 San Jose State (12/8/18)FGM 5 Arkansas (12/18/18) 5 San Jose State (12/8/18)FTA 8 Denver (12/15/18)FTM 8 Denver (12/15/18)3-PT FGA 5 Arkansas (12/18/18)3-PT FGM 3 Radford (11/25/18)

ASHTYN VEERBEEK career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg.2018-19 14-0 245 40-91 .440 6-22 .273 26-33 .788 23-68 91-6.5 45-2 6 28 12 6 112-8.0Career 14-0 245 40-91 .440 6-22 .273 26-33 .788 23-68 91-6.5 45-2 6 28 12 6 112-8.0


HONORS & AWARDS• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2018)• Academic All-Big Ten (2018)• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2016, 2017; Spring 2017, 2018)• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2018)• No. 51 Wing in the Nation (ESPN, 2015)• Kansas Player of the Year (USA Today HS Sports, 2016)• Kansas Class 4A Player of the Year (2016)• First-Team Kansas Class 4A All-State (KBCA, 2016)• Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League MVP (2016)• First-Team All-Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League (2015, 2016)

GRACE MITCHELL career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg.2016-17 29-0 311 21-51 .412 4-10 .400 5-8 .625 22-28 50-1.7 33-0 7 23 2 7 51-1.82017-18 29-2 247 25-65 .385 1-10 .100 7-18 .389 28-22 50-1.7 25-1 7 18 2 7 58-2.02018-19 12-0 90 6-16 .375 0-2 .000 3-8 .375 9-8 17-1.4 14-0 3 7 2 3 15-1.3Career 70-2 648 52-132 .394 5-22 .227 15-34 .441 59-58 117-1.7 72-1 17 48 6 17 124-1.8

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--|Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.Drake 1-0 11/7 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 3.0 2-0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 14 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 4 2 6 4.5 2-0 1 2 0 1 6 3.5at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 3.0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2.3at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 7 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1.8vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 14 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 2.2 2-0 0 1 0 0 2 1.8at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 9 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 1.8 1-0 0 0 0 0 1 1.7at Creighton 7-0 12/2 4 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.7 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1.7Kansas 8-0 12/5 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 0 1 1.6 0-0 1 1 0 2 1 1.6San Jose State 9-0 12/8 9 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.6 2-0 0 1 0 0 2 1.7Denver 10-0 12/15 10 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.6 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 1.5at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4at #19 Iowa 12-0 1/3 2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.4 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 1.3Totals 12-0 90 6-16 .375 0-2 .000 3-8 .375 9 8 17 1.4 14-0 3 7 2 3 15 1.3

JUNIOR (2018-19) A strong, hard-working post player who has given the Huskers solid depth inside throughout her career, Grace Mitchell returns for her third season at Nebraska. The6-2juniorforwardfromWellington,Kan.,has played in 70 games in her Husker career and gives Nebraska an explosive, powerful athlete in the paint. Mitchell had a strong effort off the bench against USC Upstate when she scored six points and grabbed a career-high-matching six rebounds. She is averaging 1.3 points and 1.4 boards per contest this season. She missed Nebraska’s first two Big Tengames against Michigan and at Ohio State with anaggingfootinjury,butreturnedoffthebenchat No. 19 Iowa. “Grace remains one of our most explosive athletes and has been showing a lot of confidence this offseason,” Nebraska CoachAmy Williams said. “She could be a valuable part in establishing ourselves as a better defensive and rebounding team.”

SOPHOMORE (2017-18) Mitchell was a regular contributor off the bench for the Huskers in 2017-18. The 6-2 forward appeared in 29 games with two starts while averaging 2.0 points and 1.7 rebounds. Mitchell produced the best effort of her career with 10 points in a win over UMKC (Nov.

14).Sheaddedninepointsandfivereboundsin16 minutes off the bench in a win at San Jose State (Dec. 17). She had four points and a career-high six rebounds to help the Huskers notch a win over Arkansas (Nov.16).SheaddedthefirststartofhercareerinplaceofaninjuredMaddieSimonagainst Creighton (Nov. 19). Mitchell managed seven points and five rebounds in 20 minutesagainst the Jays. Mitchell made her second career start again in place of Simon in a win over Coastal Carolina (Nov. 24). She continued to contribute in Big Ten play with four points in a win at Illinois (Jan. 10), four more against No. 23 Michigan (Jan. 13) and four points in justfiveminutes inawinoverPurdue(Jan. 24). Mitchell’s four points against the Boilermakers came on back-to-back baskets to closethefirstquartertogiveNebraskaa12-11lead at the end of the period. Mitchell had four points and four rebounds in a win over Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2). She closed her season by pulling down one rebound in six minutes of action off the bench against Arizona State (March 17) in the 2018 NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas.

PERSONAL The daughter of Jud Mitchell and Cathy Mitchell, Grace was born April 2, 1998, in Wichita, Kan. Grace has two older sisters, Sarah Jeanne (26), and Elizabeth (23). Grace is a nutritionandhealthsciencesmajor.

She was a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and earned academic All-Big Ten honors in 2018. She is also a four-time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll selection. She was a member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2017 and 2018. She is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Grace chose Nebraska over 12 other Division I scholarship offers.

For more information on Grace Mitchell’s career, see pages 68-69 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s basketball media guide.

14GRACE MITCHELL6-2 Junior Forward Wellington, Kansas (Wellington)

MITCHELL’S CAREER BESTSCategory Total GamePoints 10 UMKC (11/14/17)Rebounds 6 USC Upstate (11/11/17) 6 Arkansas (11/16/17)Assists 2 Michigan State (1/7/17)Steals 2 Three Times, most recent 2 Kansas (12/5/18)Blocks 1 Four Times, most recent 1 Illinois (2/1/18)FGA 10 San Jose State (12/17/17)FGM 4 UMKC (11/14/17)FTA 5 San Jose State (12/17/17)FTM 3 San Jose State (12/17/17)3-PT FGA 2 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17) 2 San Jose State (12/17/17)3-PT FGM 1 Five Times, most recent 1 Arkansas Pine Bluff (12/2/17)


turnaround, helping the Huskers to a 14-game improvement in the win column including eight more Big Ten wins than 2016-17. She played 28 games with 27 starts. The Huskers were 20-8 with Simon on the court, 1-3 without her. She produced 14 double-figure efforts onthe year, including 19 points in a win over No. 20 Iowa (Jan. 16) and 19 more in another win at Iowa (Jan. 28). Simon scored a career-high 20 points at San Jose State (Dec. 17). Simon had a huge 18-point, eight-rebound effortthatincludedacareer-highfiveassistsanda career-high-tying three steals in a Big Ten road win at Minnesota (Dec. 31). She scored 16 points in the second half, including a go-ahead hook shotandtwofreethrowsinthefinal30secondsto power Nebraska’s comeback win. She came up big with 16 points and six rebounds in a win over Penn State (Feb. 22). Simon produced 12 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals in a win over Purdue (Jan. 24), 11 points in a win at Illinois (Jan. 10) and 10 points in a win at Northwestern (Jan. 7). She opened Big Ten play with 14 points and six rebounds against No. 12 Ohio State (Dec. 28). Simon suffered a severe ankle sprain late in pregame warm-ups prior to Nebraska’s loss to Creighton (Nov. 19). Simon was unable to play at all against the Jays and missed four straight gameswiththeinjury,includinglossestoBuffalo(Nov. 23) and Clemson (Nov. 30). She returned against Arkansas Pine Bluff (Dec. 2) starting a stretch a five straight non-conference wins, including road wins at Kansas (Dec. 6) and Drake (Dec. 9). She produced 17 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals in a career-high 34 minutes at Drake. After 20 points at San Jose State, she closed the stretch with 13 points in a win over FAU (Dec. 19).

PERSONAL The daughter of Doug and Nicole (Ali) Simon, Maddie was born Feb. 7, 1997, in Lincoln, Neb. Maddie has two older brothers, Bennett and

SENIOR (2018-19) The only fourth-year Husker in 2018-19, senior Maddie Simon has taken on a greater leadership role this season. Simonhasposteddoublefiguresinsixgames,including back-to-back contests to open Big Ten play. She had a season-high-tying 16 points at Ohio State (Dec. 31). It followed a 10-point effort in a win over Michigan (Dec. 28). She established her season high with 16 points at No. 5 Louisville (Nov. 29). She produced a 15-point, seven-rebound effort at Washington State (Nov. 16). She added 13 points in a win over Radford (Nov. 25). She had 10 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals in a win over USC Upstate (Nov. 11). Simon is averaging 8.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists while starting all 14 games.

JUNIOR (2017-18) After a move to power forward, Simon averaged 10.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 2017-18. Simon was one of the Big Ten’s most improved players, increasing her scoring (+6.0 ppg) and rebounding (+3.0 rpg) by impressive margins over 2016-17. Simon was an integral part of Nebraska’s team

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--|Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.Drake 1-1 11/7 14 2-6 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 4 4 4.0 2-0 0 3 0 1 4 4.0USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 18 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 3 4 4.0 0-0 3 3 0 2 10 7.0at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 40 6-12 .500 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 7 7 5.0 2-0 1 3 0 2 15 9.7at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 14 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 4.5 2-0 2 2 0 0 2 7.8vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 18 5-9 .556 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 4.2 1-0 2 3 0 1 13 8.8at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 27 6-11 .545 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 4.2 1-0 2 1 1 0 16 10.0at Creighton 7-7 12/2 22 3-7 .429 0-2 .000 1-4 .250 1 3 4 4.1 4-0 0 4 0 0 7 9.6Kansas 8-8 12/5 20 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 2 3 4.0 1-0 0 0 0 0 5 9.0San Jose State 9-9 12/8 18 3-10 .300 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 3 3 6 4.2 0-0 3 3 1 0 6 8.7Denver 10-10 12/15 17 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0 3 3 4.1 1-0 2 2 0 1 8 8.6at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 16 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 0 6 6 4.3 1-0 1 4 0 0 4 8.2Michigan 12-12 12/28 20 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0 2 2 4.1 2-0 0 4 0 0 10 8.3at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 20 7-10 .700 0-3 .000 2-3 .667 1 1 2 3.9 1-0 1 4 0 0 16 8.9at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 19 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2 4 6 4.1 1-0 2 3 0 0 4 8.6Totals 14-14 283 48-102 .471 7-23 .304 17-27 .630 10 47 57 4.1 19-0 19 39 2 7 120 8.6

HONORS & AWARDS• Nebraska Kathy Branchaud Most Improved Rebounder Award (2018)• Husker Award (2016)• Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018)• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2016, 2017; Spring 2016, 2018)• Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award (2017, 2018)• Sam Foltz Hero 27 Leadership Award (2017)• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2016, 2017, 2018)• Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year (2015)• Two-Time First-Team Super-State (Lincoln Journal Star, 2014, 2015)• Two-Time First-Team All-Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald, 2014, 2015)• No. 149 Player in Nation (Blue Star, 2015)• No. 22 Guard in Nation (ESPN, 2015)

MADDIE SIMON career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg.2015-16 21-5 299 37-90 .411 12-35 .343 19-26 .731 6-23 29-1.4 17-0 22 26 4 1 105-5.02016-17 29-0 367 40-123 .325 19-67 .284 19-37 .514 22-45 67-2.3 42-0 24 42 6 12 118-4.12017-18 28-27 708 104-268 .388 17-73 .233 57-73 .781 37-110 147-5.3 54-2 55 68 7 23 282-10.12018-19 14-14 283 48-102 .471 7-23 .304 17-27 .630 10-47 57-4.1 19-0 19 39 2 7 120-8.6Career 92-46 1,655 229-583 .393 55-198 .278 112-163 .687 75-225 300-3.3 132-2 120 175 19 43 625-6.8

Zach, who both graduated from the University of Nebraska. Maddie’s mother was a hurdler for Coach Gary Pepin’s 1983 and 1984 national championshiptrackandfieldteamsatNebraska.Nicolealsoownsthedistinctionofbeingthefirstfemale track and field CoSIDA Academic All-American at Nebraska. A two-time academic All-Big Ten selection, Maddie is a communication studiesmajorwhohas earned four spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. She is a three-time member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. She also earned a prestigious Nebraska Sam Foltz Hero 27 Leadership Award in 2017. Maddie is the niece of University of Maryland men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon and Denver women’s basketball coach Jim Turgeon. Simon chose Nebraska over Iowa, Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Creighton.

For more information on Maddie Simon’s career, see pages 64-65 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s basketball media guide.

24MADDIE SIMON6-2 Senior Forward Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Pius X)

SIMON’S CAREER BESTSCategory Total GamePoints 20 San Jose State (12/17/17)Rebounds 12 Arkansas (11/16/17)Assists 5 Minnesota (12/31/17)Steals 3 Minnesota (12/31/17) 3 Virginia (11/26/16)Blocks 2 Wisconsin (2/11/18) 2 UConn (12/21/16)FGA 15 Minnesota (12/31/17) 15 Drake (12/9/17)FGM 9 San Jose State (12/17/17)FTA 10 Iowa (1/28/18)FTM 9 Iowa (1/28/18)3-PT FGA 6 Ohio State (1/29/17) 6 Northwestern (2/28/16)3-PT FGM 3 Ohio State (1/29/17) 3 Northwestern (2/28/16)


HONORS & AWARDS• Lisa Leslie Award Candidate (1 of 20, 2018-19)• Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2018)• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2018)• Four-Time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Nov. 13, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 26, 2017)• Nebraska Season Block Record (100, 2018)• Nebraska Single-Game Block Record (11 vs. Florida Atlantic, Dec. 19, 2017)• First Points-Rebounds-Blocks Triple-Double in School History - vs. FAU, Dec. 19, 2017 (22 points, 14 rebounds, 11 blocks)• Nebraska Conference Tournament Record Blocks in Game (7, vs. Michigan, March 2, 2018)• No. 4 at Nebraska in Career Blocks (135)• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2017; Spring 2018)• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018)• First-Team All-New York (USA Today, 2017)• No. 82 Player in the Nation (ESPN, 2016)• No. 10 Post in the Nation (ESPN, 2016)

SOPHOMORE (2018-19) Kate Cain anchored Nebraska’s team turnaround as a freshman. The 6-5 center shattered the school record with 100 blocked shots, while leading the Big Red with 7.0 rebounds per game. She also pitched in 9.9 points per contest to earn spots on the Big Ten All-Defensive and Big Ten All-Freshman teams. Cain is averaging 7.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in 2018-19. She put up her best effort of the season with 16 points and a season-high 17 rebounds in a win over San Jose State. Shehit8-of-9shotsfromthefieldinherseconddouble-double of the season. She followed with 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting in a win over Denver (Dec. 15) She set her season high with 16 points in a win over USC Upstate (Nov. 11) and notched her firstdouble-doubleoftheyearwith10points,10rebounds and four blocks at Washington State (Nov. 16). She had 12 points and four boards at Creighton (Dec.2).Cainhad10 rebounds,fivepoints and three blocks at Louisville (Nov. 29). She ranks No. 4 on the Nebraska career block list with 135.

FRESHMAN (2017-18) Cain made an instant impact by averaging 9.9 points and team bests of 7.0 rebounds and 3.1 blocks in 2017-18. She led the Big Ten and ranked among the top eight players nationally with a school-record 100 blocks on the season tohelptheHuskersleadtheBigTeninbothfieldgoal percentage defense and three-point fieldgoal percentage defense. Cain started NU’s last 31 games while playing in all 32 contests in 2017-18. She earned her spots on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team and the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. She was the only freshmanorsophomoretomakethefive-playerconference all-defensive unit. The four-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week produced a school-record performance against Florida Atlantic (Dec. 19) with 22 points, 14 rebounds and a school-record 11 blocks for the first points-rebounds-blocks triple-double inNebraska history. Cain, who blocked at least one shot in each of herfirst31games,producedsixgameswithfiveor more blocks, including the top three single-game totals by a freshman in Husker history. Cainproducedherfifthdouble-doublewith14points and 20 rebounds to go along with three blocks in a win over Penn State (Feb. 22). Her 20 rebounds tied for the sixth-best total in Husker history. She helped Nebraska post a plus-29 team rebound margin against Penn State - the biggest margin against a conference opponent in Husker history. Cain had a double-double with 19 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks in a win at Drake (Dec. 9). She notched a double-double with 16 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks against Arkansas PineBluff(Dec.2).Sherecordedherfirstdouble-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks in a win over Arkansas (Nov. 16). Cain finished with 15 double-figure scoringefforts, six double-digit rebound games and one double-figureblockcontestontheyear.

PERSONAL The daughter of Tim and Alison Cain, Katherine (Kate) was born May 18, 1999. She has a strong family background in basketball. Kate’s father graduated as the all-time leading scorer (1,872 points) in Manhattan College history. He was a two-time honorable-mention All-American by The Sporting News, averaging 17.3 points during his career for the Jaspers. Kate’s mother, Alison (Martinsky) Cain, was a1,000-point scorer as a collegianat Fairfield,finishingwith1,071points.Shealsoranked10thin Fairfield history with 734 career rebounds,while ranking second in Stags history with 268 blocks. Alison played professionally in Ireland. Kate’s older brother, John, is a 6-10 starting left-handed pitcher for the Lafayette baseball team. She also has a younger brother, Chris. Kateisamanagementmajorandearnedspotson the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters of 2017-18. She was also a member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2018.

For more information on Kate Cain’s career, see pages 72-73 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s basketball media guide.

31KATE CAIN6-5 Sophomore Center Middletown, New York (Pine Bush)

CAIN’S CAREER BESTSCategory Total GamePoints 22 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17)Rebounds 20 Penn State (2/22/18)Assists 3 Four Times, most recent 3 Indiana (2/17/18)Steals 2 Three Times, most recent 2 Wisconsin (2/11/18)Blocks 11 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17)FGA 16 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17)FGM 10 Florida Atlantic (12/19/17)FTA 7 Arkansas (11/16/17)FTM 4 Arkansas (11/16/17)3-PT FGA 0 None3-PT FGM 0 None

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--|Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.Drake 1-1 11/7 24 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 7.0 2-0 0 4 3 0 4 4.0USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 19 8-11 .727 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 5.0 3-0 2 2 3 1 16 10.0at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 30 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 9 10 6.7 5-1 0 0 4 1 10 10.0at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 27 4-9 .444 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 5.8 0-0 1 2 1 1 8 9.5vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 18 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 6.0 1-0 2 1 2 0 8 9.2at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 28 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 8 10 6.7 3-0 2 1 3 1 5 8.5at Creighton 7-7 12/2 20 6-8 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 2 4 6.3 2-0 1 1 0 0 12 9.0Kansas 8-8 12/5 18 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 3 6 6.3 2-0 0 1 3 0 4 8.4San Jose State 9-9 12/8 23 8-9 .889 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 5 12 17 7.4 0-0 2 1 3 1 16 9.2Denver 10-10 12/15 26 7-9 .778 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 0 5 5 7.2 3-0 0 0 2 0 14 9.7at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 17 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 7.0 5-2 1 0 3 0 4 9.2Michigan 12-12 12/28 24 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 5 6 6.9 3-0 2 2 4 1 5 8.8at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 16 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 6.5 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 8.2at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 18 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 2 3 5 6.4 5-3 1 2 3 1 3 7.8Totals 14-14 308 53-97 .546 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 22 68 90 6.4 38-3 14 18 35 7 109 7.8

KATE CAIN career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg.2017-18 32-31 831 146-258 .566 0-0 .000 24-56 .429 58-165 223-7.0 95-3 33 40 100 19 316-9.92018-19 14-14 308 53-97 .546 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 22-68 90-6.4 38-3 14 18 35 7 109-7.8Career 46-45 1,239 199-355 .561 0-0 .000 27-64 .422 80-233 313-6.8 133-6 47 58 135 26 425-9.2


HONORS & AWARDS• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Jan. 7, 2019)• No. 21 Forward in the Nation (ESPN, 2017)• IBCA Supreme 15 Underclass All-State (2017)• Indiana Class 4A All-State (2nd Team, 2016)• Indiana Class 4A All-State (HM, 2015)• IBCA State Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2017)

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--|Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.Drake 1-0 11/7 15 2-5 .400 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 4-0 2 4 0 1 6 6.0USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 19 2-7 .286 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 2.5 2-0 1 1 0 1 7 6.5at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 10 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 2.0 3-0 1 0 0 0 2 5.0at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 16 2-6 .333 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.8 3-0 0 0 0 0 8 5.8vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 20 5-9 .556 0-3 .000 3-3 1.000 1 0 1 1.6 1-0 2 0 0 0 13 7.2at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 14 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 0 2 2 1.7 1-0 0 2 0 0 4 6.7at Creighton 7-0 12/2 20 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 3-4 .750 1 3 4 2.0 1-0 0 0 0 1 7 6.7Kansas 8-0 12/5 16 1-6 .167 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 2.0 4-0 0 0 0 1 4 6.4San Jose State 9-0 12/8 23 8-11 .727 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 3 0 3 2.1 1-0 1 1 0 1 18 7.7Denver 10-0 12/15 23 4-7 .571 2-5 .400 7-8 .875 2 0 2 2.1 3-0 5 2 0 2 17 8.6at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 16 3-7 .429 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 2.1 1-0 1 1 0 0 9 8.5Michigan 12-0 12/28 19 3-9 .333 1-3 .333 4-4 1.000 2 3 5 2.3 2-0 1 0 0 0 11 8.8at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 18 4-9 .444 2-5 .400 9-12 .750 0 4 4 2.5 2-0 3 2 0 1 19 9.6at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 18 6-10 .600 3-4 .750 5-6 .833 0 0 0 2.3 5-1 1 0 0 2 20 10.4Totals 14-0 247 44-100 .440 16-48 .333 41-51 .804 13 19 32 2.3 33-1 18 13 0 12 145 10.4

FRESHMAN (2018-19) One of the top players in Indiana, Leigha Brown (pronounced LEE-uh) averaged 28.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists as a senior at DeKalb High School in 2017-18, and was ranked as the No. 21 forward in the nation by ESPN in the class of 2018. Brown produced a strong preseason and is off to a solid start to her college career by averaging 10.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists through Nebraska’sfirst14games. She is coming off a career-high 20 points while matching a career best with two steals at No. 19 Iowa (Jan. 3). It followed a then-career-high 19 points to go along with four rebounds, three assists and a steal in a Big Ten road win at Ohio State (Dec. 31). Brown opened Big Ten play with 11points anda career-highfive rebounds in awin over Michigan (Dec. 28). In Big Ten play, she is leading all Big Ten freshman by averaging 16.7 points per game. She owns six double-figure scoring efforts thisseason,includingthreeinBigTenactionandfivein the last six games. Brown had 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting in a win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). She added 17 points and career highsof five assists and twosteals in a win over Denver (Dec. 15). She scored 13 points in a win over Radford (Nov. 25). “We are so excited for all that Leigha will bring to our program. She is a versatile guard with good size and has the ability to score at all three levels,” Nebraska Coach Amy Williams said.“Sheunderstandshowtoworkandfitstheculture we are establishing at Nebraska. Each time Leigha steps on the court, she plays like she

has something to prove, and we will welcome that sense of urgency into our program.”

BEFORE NEBRASKA Brown averaged 28.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.4 blocks per game as a senior at DeKalb High School in 2017-18. It followedher junior seasonwhen she averaged22.9 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.2 blocks for Coach Brett Eltzroth in 2016-17 on her way to IBCA Supreme 15 Underclass All-State honors. She earned second-team Class 4A all-state honors after averaging 17.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a sophomore in 2015-16. She was honorable-mention all-state as a freshman in 2014-15. Brown closed her high school career with 1,798 points, 810 rebounds, 325 assists and 161 steals and 86 blocked shots. In the firstgame of her senior season, Brown notched a triple-double with 34 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists. Her second game as a senior, she erupted for a career-high 53 points to go along with 24 rebounds in a win over Lakeland High School on Nov. 3. Her 53-point performance ranked second in DeKalbhistory,justfourpointsshyoftheschoolrecord held by MaChelle Joseph, who is Georgia Tech’s current head coach, Purdue’s all-time leading scorer, the 1992 Big Ten Player of the Yearandafirst-teamAll-American. Brown played her club basketball for Always 100 coached by Julius Smith.

PERSONAL The daughter of Jenese Brown and Nate Brown, Leigha was born July 14, 2000 in Auburn, Ind. She has a younger sister, Jayla. Leigha is majoringinmanagementatNebraska. She chose Nebraska over Xavier, Belmont, Western Michigan, Wright State, Indiana State, Youngstown State, American and IUPUI. “Ibelieveitisaperfectfitforme,”Brownsaid.“The coaching staff, fans and the opportunities that the school provides were exactly what I was looking for in a school.”

For more information on Leigha Brown’s career, see pages 76-77 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s basketball media guide.

32LEIGHA BROWN6-1 Freshman Forward Auburn, Indiana (DeKalb)

BROWN’S CAREER BESTSCategory Total GamePoints 20 Iowa (1/3/19)Rebounds 5 Michigan (12/28/18)Assists 5 Denver (12/15/18)Steals 2 Iowa (1/3/19) 2 Denver (12/15/18)Blocks 0 NoneFGA 11 San Jose State (12/8/18)FGM 8 San Jose State (12/8/18)FTA 12 Ohio State (12/31/18)FTM 9 Ohio State (12/31/18)3-PT FGA 5 Four Times, most recent 5 Ohio State (12/31/18)3-PT FGM 3 Iowa (1/3/19)

LEIGHA BROWN career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg.2018-19 14-0 247 44-100 .440 16-48 .333 41-51 .804 13-19 32-2.3 33-1 18 13 0 12 145-10.4Career 14-0 247 44-100 .440 16-48 .333 41-51 .804 13-19 32-2.3 33-1 18 13 0 12 145-10.4


HONORS & AWARDS• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2017; Spring 2018)• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018)• No. 26 Player in the Nation (Prospects Nation, 2016)• No. 38 Player in the Nation (ESPN, 2016)• No. 44 Player in the Nation (Blue Star, 2016)• All-Nebraska (First Team, USA Today, 2016)• Nebraska Super-State (Second Team, Lincoln Journal Star, 2016) (Third Team, Lincoln Journal Star, 2015)• All-Nebraska (Third Team, Omaha World-Herald, 2016)• Nebraska Class C-1 (First Team, 2015, 2016, 2017)

TAYLOR KISSINGER career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg.2017-18 25-7 532 84-206 .408 50-138 .362 33-46 .717 37-66 103-4.1 36-0 36 41 13 11 251-10.02018-19 14-14 339 43-99 .434 31-65 .477 14-14 1.000 20-34 54-3.9 32-0 26 18 2 13 131-9.4Career 39-21 871 127-305 .416 81-203 .399 47-60 .783 57-100 157-4.0 68-0 62 59 15 24 382-9.8

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--|Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.Drake 1-1 11/7 24 2-8 .250 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000 5 1 6 6.0 1-0 3 0 0 1 8 8.0USC Upstate 2-2 11/11 23 8-9 .889 6-6 1.000 0-0 1.000 1 3 4 5.0 1-0 3 2 1 1 22 15.0at Washington St. 3-3 11/16 36 2-5 .400 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 3 2 5 5.0 3-0 2 1 0 1 7 12.3at #24 Miami 4-4 11/23 23 2-5 .400 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1 2 3 4.5 3-0 3 2 0 0 6 10.8vs. Radford 5-5 11/25 21 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1 2 3 4.2 1-0 1 0 0 0 5 9.6at #5 Louisville 6-6 11/29 19 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 3.7 4-0 2 3 0 0 5 8.8at Creighton 7-7 12/2 20 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 3.6 4-0 0 2 1 0 2 7.9Kansas 8-8 12/5 29 4-7 .571 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 4 7 11 4.5 0-0 2 2 0 1 11 8.3San Jose State 9-9 12/8 26 6-13 .462 5-11 .455 0-0 .000 1 1 2 4.2 1-0 3 0 0 2 17 9.2Denver 10-10 12/15 24 5-13 .385 4-10 .400 4-4 1.000 1 5 6 4.4 3-0 3 1 0 2 18 10.1at Arkansas 11-11 12/18 29 4-7 .571 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 4.5 3-0 3 1 0 1 12 10.3Michigan 12-12 12/28 21 3-6 .500 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0 2 2 4.3 4-0 0 0 0 1 8 10.1at Ohio State 13-13 12/31 20 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 4.0 3-0 1 2 0 3 2 9.5at #19 Iowa 14-14 1/3 24 3-10 .300 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 1 1 2 3.9 1-0 0 1 0 0 8 9.4Totals 14-14 339 43-99 .434 31-65 .477 14-14 1.000 20 34 54 3.9 32-0 26 18 2 13 131 9.4

SOPHOMORE (2018-19) One of Nebraska’s most dangerous offensive threats, Taylor Kissinger averaged double figures despite missing six games and beinglimited for much of her freshman season by injuries. Despite the first-year challenges, the6-1 guard/forward from Minden, Neb., was a major contributor to Nebraska’s nation-leading14-game improvement in the win column and a run to the NCAA Tournament in 2017-18. In her second season, Kissinger is averaging 9.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists while starting all 14 games for the Huskers. She enjoyed a record-setting effort againstUSC Upstate (Nov. 11) when she went a perfect 6-for-6 from three-point range on her way to a season-high 22 points. She had 18 points in a win over Denver (Dec. 15), after getting 17 in a win over San Jose State (Dec. 8). Kissinger opened the stand with her second career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds in a win over KU (Dec. 5).Sheaddeddoublefiguresforafourthstraightgame with 12 points at Arkansas (Dec. 18). She ranks among NCAA leaders with her 47.7 three-point percentage (31-65).

FRESHMAN (2017-18) Kissinger made an instant impact on the Nebraska roster as a freshman in 2017-18, averaging a team-best 14.0 points per game throughNU’sfirstsevencontestsbeforesufferingakneeinjurylateinaone-pointlosstoClemson

(Nov. 30). She then missed six consecutive games to close non-conference play, including a loss to Washington State (Dec. 22). Kissinger helped the Huskers jump to a 3-0start by averaging 16.0 points and 4.7 rebounds through three games, including career highs with 25 points and eight rebounds in a win over Arkansas (Nov. 16). She added 18 points in a win over UMKC (Nov. 14), before producing double figures in three straight games capped by 17points and six boards against Clemson (Nov. 30). Kissinger, who missed nearly three weeks of practice, returned to the court after just twopractices to open Big Ten play against No. 12 Ohio State (Dec. 28). She managed eight points in 15 minutes against the Buckeyes, and gradually saw her playing time increase. However, she played just eight minutes whilebattling the flu in Nebraska’s overtime loss toNo. 23 Michigan (Jan. 16). For the season, Kissinger averaged 10.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 25 games with seven starts. She produced 12 double-figurescoringeffortsin25contests,includingsixin Big Ten play. She put up double digits in four straight games beginning with 18 points against No. 11 Maryland (Feb. 4), before back-to-back 11-point games in wins over Wisconsin (Feb. 11) and at Michigan State (Feb. 14). She also scored 10 points at Indiana (Feb. 17). Kissinger hit 50 threes to rank among the top fivefreshmantotalsinNebraskahistory.Her36.2three-point shooting percentage ranked her among the top 10 in the Big Ten. Kissinger suffered an upper body sprain early inthefirstquarterinalossatNo.13Maryland(Feb.25)toclosetheregularseason.Theinjurykept her out of Nebraska’s win over Michigan in theBigTenTournamentquarterfinals(March2).She returned in a limited role against the Terps in theBigTenTournamentsemifinals(March3). She closed the season by scoring 15 points on 5-of-12 shooting with a pair of threes against ArizonaState(March17)inthefirstroundofthe

NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas. She also grabbed four rebounds against the Sun Devils.

PERSONAL The daughter of Brian and Amy Kissinger, Taylor was born March 10, 1999. Her parents were both collegiate student-athletes, with Brian playing basketball and Amy playing volleyball at NCAA Division II Nebraska-Kearney. Kissinger’s older twin sisters have both been Division I guards, with Brooke entering her third year at Creighton after spending her first two seasonsat Illinois, and Jamie completing her eligibility at San Diego in 2017-18. Taylor’s brother Derek played college basketball at NAIA Hastings College. Amathematicseducationmajor,Taylorearnedspots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters of 2017-18. She was a member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2018.

For more information on Taylor Kissinger’s career, see pages 74-75 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s basketball media guide.

KISSINGER’S CAREER BESTSCategory Total GamePoints 25 Arkansas (11/16/17)Rebounds 11 Kansas (12/5/18)Assists 4 Arkansas (11/16/17)Steals 3 Ohio State (12/31/18) 3 Buffalo (11/23/17)Blocks 2 Purdue (1/24/18) 2 Creighton (11/19/17)FGA 15 Arkansas (11/16/17)FGM 9 Arkansas (11/16/17)FTA 6 Iowa (1/16/18)FTM 5 Indiana (2/17/18)3-PT FGA 14 Buffalo (11/23/17)3-PT FGM 6 USC Upstate (11/11/18)

TAYLOR KISSINGER6-1 Sophomore Forward/Guard Minden, Nebraska (Minden)

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HONORS & AWARDS• No. 132 Player in the Nation (Prospects Nation, 2018)• No. 14 Wing in the Nation (ESPN)• USA Basketball Team Tryout (2016)

2018-19 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |---Total---| |---3-Pts.---| |--Rebounds--|Opponent G-GS Date Min FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF-FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.Drake 1-0 11/7 20 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 2 2 4 4.0 0-0 1 1 1 0 6 6.0USC Upstate 2-0 11/11 11 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 2.5 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 4.0at Washington St. 3-0 11/16 4 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 1 1 2 2.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 3.3at #24 Miami 4-0 11/23 15 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 1-0 2 1 0 0 0 2.5vs. Radford 5-0 11/25 9 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 1 2 1.8 0-0 1 0 0 1 4 2.8at #5 Louisville 6-0 11/29 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3at Creighton 7-0 12/2 2 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 1.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0Kansas 8-0 12/5 20 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 2.0 1-0 1 0 0 0 2 2.0San Jose State 9-0 12/8 12 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1 1 2 2.0 2-0 0 0 0 2 4 2.2Denver 10-0 12/15 13 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 2.1 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2.2at Arkansas 11-0 12/18 23 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 2 2 4 2.3 3-0 2 0 2 2 6 2.5Michigan 12-0 12/28 20 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 1 2 3 2.3 2-0 3 2 1 1 2 2.5at Ohio State 13-0 12/31 21 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 4 0 4 2.5 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2.5at #19 Iowa 14-0 1/3 23 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 2.5 1-0 0 1 0 0 2 2.4Totals 14-0 197 12-40 .300 1-9 .111 9-18 .500 14 21 35 2.5 17-0 10 5 4 6 34 2.4

FRESHMAN (2018-19) Kayla Mershon (pronounced MER-shawn) came to Lincoln as one of the top players in the state of Minnesota. The 6-3 forward from Chanhassen, Minn., was Nebraska’s second commit in the class, making her plans known to attend Nebraska in February of 2017. Mershon was ranked as the No. 132 overall player in the nation by Prospects Nation and the No. 14 wing nationally by ESPN. Mershon opened her college career with six points and four rebounds against two-time defending Missouri Valley Conference champion Drake (Nov. 7). She closed non-conference by matching her career high with six points, while adding four rebounds, two assists amnd career highs with two blocks and two steals in a career-high 23 minutes at Arkansas (Dec. 18). Mershon had four points, two boards and her firstcareerstealinawinoverRadford(Nov.25). She set a career best with seven rebounds to go along with two points and an assist in a win over Kansas (Dec. 5). Mershon added four points, two rebounds and a career-high two steals in a win over San Jose State (Dec. 8), before getting two points and three rebounds in a win over Denver (Dec. 15). She opened Big Ten play with two points, three rebounds, a career-high three assists, a block and a steal in a win over Michigan (Dec. 28). Mershon added a career-high four offensive boards to go along with two points in a road win at Ohio State (Dec. 31). “Kayla Mershon has great length and a strong all-around skill-set, and we are excited about her versatility,” Nebraska Coach Amy Williams said. “Kayla has shown some unique natural gifts, but she is also a tremendous worker and has a great

attitude. She has played for a state championship high school team, and an extremely competitive summer team, and she is eager to compete at the highest level. We can’t wait to see all she will accomplish here in a Husker uniform.”

BEFORE NEBRASKA A six-time high school basketball letterwinner, Mershon was a four-time first-team All-LakeConference selection for Coach Leah Dasovich. Mershon averaged 12 points and 10 rebounds per game as a junior in 2016-17. She helpedMinnetonkatoitsfirst-evergirlsbasketballstatetitle in 2016. She capped her high school career by averaging 12.7 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks as a senior at Minnetonka. She was ranked as the No. 132 overall player in the country by Prospects Nation and was rated as the No. 14 wing nationally by ESPN. Mershon also has played club basketball at the highest level for Coach Gerard Coury and the North Tartan program, which won the Minnesota State AAU title seven years in a row. She was named to the all-tournament team at the Georgia Super Showcase. She was also invited to Nike All-American National Elite Camp in 2014, and advanced to the second round of tryouts for USA Basketball in 2016. She also has competed internationally with North Tartan in Europe against national teams from France and the Netherlands.

PERSONAL The daughter of Rick and Leslie Mershon, Kayla was born May 30, 1999, in Royal Oak, Mich. She has two sisters, Lauren and Ally. Kayla ismajoringinmarketingatNebraska. Kayla chose Nebraska over Indiana, Iowa, Arkansas, Oregon, DePaul, Utah, Minnesota, Princeton, Wake Forest, Colorado, Creighton, Saint Louis, Drake and South Dakota State. “I chose Nebraska because I felt most at ‘home’ when I visited,” Mershon said. “The coaches and players are amazing, the campus itself is beautiful, and I love the Haymarket area right next to it. Not to mention the fan support is insane, and I can’t wait to be a Husker.”

For more information on Kayla Mershon’s career, see pages 80-81 of the 2018-19 Nebraska women’s basketball media guide.

44KAYLA MERSHON6-3 Freshman Forward Chanhassen, Minnesota (Minnetonka)

MERSHON’S CAREER BESTSCategory Total GamePoints 6 Arkansas (12/18/18) 6 Drake (11/7/18)Rebounds 7 Kansas (12/5/18)Assists 3 Michigan (12/28/18)Steals 2 Arkansas (12/18/18) 2 San Jose State (12/8/18)Blocks 2 Arkansas (12/18/18)FGA 5 Michigan (12/28/18)FGM 2 Three Times, most recent 2 San Jose State (12/8/18)FTA 6 Arkansas (12/18/18)FTM 4 Arkansas (12/18/18)3-PT FGA 2 Drake (11/7/18)3-PT FGM 1 Drake (11/7/18)

KAYLA MERSHON career statistics Year G-GS Min FG-FGA Pct. 3P-3PA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. Off-Def Reb.-Avg. PF-D A TO Blk ST Pts-Avg.2018-19 14-0 197 12-40 .300 1-9 .111 9-18 .500 14-21 35-2.5 17-0 10 5 4 6 34-2.4Career 14-0 197 12-40 .300 1-9 .111 9-18 .500 14-21 35-2.5 17-0 10 5 4 6 34-2.4

Leigha Brown6-1, Freshman, Forward

Auburn, Indiana

Kayla Mershon6-3, Freshman, ForwardChanhassen, Minnesota

Sam Haiby5-9, Freshman, GuardMoorhead, Minnesota

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Kristian Hudson5-5, Senior, Guard

Birmingham, Alabama

Ashtyn Veerbeek6-2, Freshman, Forward

Sioux Center, Iowa

Maddie Simon6-2, Senior, ForwardLincoln, Nebraska

Hannah Whitish5-9, Junior, Guard

Barneveld, Wisconsin

Katie AdamsVideo Coordinator

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Nicea Eliely6-1, Junior, Guard

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Chuck LoveAssistant Coach

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Tom GoehleAssistant Coach

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Amanda HartDirector of Operations

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Tandem MaysAssistant Coach

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Taylor Kissinger6-1, Sophomore, Guard/Forward

Minden, Nebraska

Kate Cain6-5, Sophomore, CenterMiddletown, New York

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Stuart HartStrength & Conditioning Coach

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Grace Mitchell6-2, Junior, ForwardWellington, Kansas

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